The Philosophy of Michael Mann

Contents

Contents An Introduction to the Philosophy of Michael Mann 1 Steven Sanders Michael Mann and Nonplace: A Nietzschean Element in Mann’s Modern Crime Films 14 Robert Arnett “Awakened to Chaos”: Outsiders in The Jericho Mile and Thief 31 R. Barton Palmer Existential Mann 51 Steven Sanders “Do You See?” Reflecting on Evil in Manhunter 66 Aeon J. Skoble Mann and Übermensch: Evil and Power in Manhunter 74 David Sterritt “Blood in the Moonlight”: Toward an Aesthetics of Horror in The Keep and Manhunter 90 Ivo Ritzer Style, Meaning, and Myth in Public Enemies 104 Steven Rybin Interiorization in Public Enemies 119 Murray Pomerance Mannerism: Neoclassical Style in the Films of Michael Mann 141 Tom Paulus and Vito Adriaensens The Ethics of Contracts, Conscience, and Courage in The Insider 160 David LaRocca The Commodification of Justice: Michael Mann and Postmodern Law 181 Mark Wildermuth Subjectivity and the Ethics of Duty in Michael Mann’s Cinema 200 Aga Skrodzka Natural Man, Natural Rights, and Eros: Conflicting Visions of Nature, Society, and Love in The Last of the Mohicans 215 Alan Woolfolk Emotion, Truth, and Space in Heat 227 Jonah Corne Mann’s Biopics and the Methodology of Philosophy: Ali and The Insider 244 David Rodríguez-Ruiz Acknowledgments 257 List of Contributors 259 Index 265 ...