Michael Mann
Michael Mann
Michael Kenneth Mannis an American film director, screenwriter, and producer...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 February 1943
CityChicago, IL
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Our farm subsidies are moving in the right direction and becoming much more trade friendly, while U.S. is moving in wrong direction, with more trade-distorting aid. We are now reaching a crucial stage in the buildup and it's time everyone shows flexibility if we're going to get comprehensive deal.
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Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot.
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There's people who live life authentically and there's people who live a life of fabrication. And it begins with the question of how you're gonna do your time. And these are observations I made about Folsom when I was there with Dustin Hoffman when he was directing 'Straight Time.'
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What I try to do - I mean 'try,' because you don't get there all the time - is to have impact with content. It's those moments in which you're trying to bring people beyond filmed theater. If I have an ambition, it's that.
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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.
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By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.
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We bring our preparation to the table, and opportunity may present itself, and if you are well prepared, you can seize opportunity and then maybe something good happens, and you call that luck.
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When you say that I can go and make a movie, I feel like I'm one of the most fortunate men. I feel myself to be a fortunate man that I found something to do that I really love.
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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.
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We've so far managed to find pragmatic solutions for them to keep marketing their produce like they did before.
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I think they ought to be ashamed of themselves,
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I think the resolution involved in the high-def, Blu-ray image demands we pay attention to every detail to a level we've never seen before. The audiences have to believe everything they're seeing. As viewers, we're all so experienced and so much smarter than we realize. With Blu-ray, there will be less tricking of the eye.
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Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he was in character. That sounds superficial, but it's true, and look at the results.
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Miami is one of these great places that is a really sensual, physically beautiful place.