To just tell a story from beginning, middle and end doesn’t motivate me that much. Michael Mann Read Quote
By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films. Michael Mann Read Quote
I relate more to the fact that 80-inch plasma has just started to become ubiquitous and in people’s homes the fairly decent 5.1 sound system and the big screen isn’t that out of reach. Michael Mann Read Quote
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for a good reason. He was robbing the very institutions, the banks, which had afflicted the people for four years, and after four years nothing was getting any better. Michael Mann Read Quote
Digital makes things feel more real, like you could reach out and touch them. Michael Mann Read Quote
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. Michael Mann Read Quote
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. Michael Mann Read Quote
We take safety very, very seriously on every film I make, and that’s why I’ve never had a serious accident or anybody killed when I make a picture. Michael Mann Read Quote
In ‘The Insider,’ I had violence – lethal, life-taking aggression – all happening psychologically, all with people talking to other people. Michael Mann Read Quote
