Michael Mann
Michael Mann
Michael Kenneth Mannis an American film director, screenwriter, and producer...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 February 1943
CityChicago, IL
horse racing
I own a horse and ride, but I don't know racing or betting.
To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn't motivate me that much.
Very little of it is untrue, ... But it's all dramatized.
bit format premiere
Blu-ray and the technologies emerging around it are the premiere format for reproducing what we do as filmmakers. There's more space on the disc, more bit rate.
glasses time
We've been negotiating this thing for 20 years so it was about time that we had an agreement. We're going to clink glasses on this.
course respect
We will of course do all we can to respect our international obligations.
consult fast forward january move positive running system
We will now consult with them (Latin Americans) in a positive spirit. We have to have our system up and running on January 1, so we want to move things forward as fast as we can.
feels liquid surface
Video looks like reality, it's more immediate, it has a verite surface to it. Film has this liquid kind of surface, feels like something made up.
forced second
We don't want to be forced to have a second reform.
drag entangled prefer wider
We don't want things to drag on too long and we would prefer this not to become entangled in the wider Doha discussions at the end of the year.
based best reason scripts
'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.
dictated key music whether
Music is always key to me, whether it's 'Miami Vice' or not 'Miami Vice.' It's dictated by the story, about what Crockett and Tubbs and Isabella and Trudy are doing.
far marketing pragmatic produce solutions
We've so far managed to find pragmatic solutions for them to keep marketing their produce like they did before.
decided either environmental evidence greece health reject variety
We decided (Tuesday) to reject Greece's application for a 2-year ban. We didn't get any evidence from Greece that the variety would be either an environmental or a health risk.