Does Michael Mann Know Lines From His Most Famous Movies?

[@jed52]

This man is 80 years old and still sharp as a tack, and looks like there's a lot of life left in him.

[@highdefinition450]

tacks could be sharper lol

[@m1lst3r89]

William Friedkin also looked great for his years.

[@SKRUBL0RD]

so sharp he forgets a line from something a year prior

[@matts.8849]

@@highdefinition450 Tacks are not that sharp if you think about it..

[@whatistau]

i cant imagine my childhood without Heat. I was maybe 12-13 and it completely turned me upside down over night. Night city ambience, sharp style, characters of code and value, the art of war, stoic romaticism. Michael Mann captured such an amazing aesthtetic and everybody in film executed it perfectly.

[@m1lst3r89]

Everything is him, but I don't see stoic romanticism, but bleak romanticism or anti romanticism.

[@whatistau]

@@m1lst3r89 in a broad way, Mccauley or even Vincent in Collateral have stoic traits as i see it. self control, logic, persistence, sufference , fatalism

[@m1lst3r89]

@@whatistau but there is nothing glamorous or upholding in them. You are talking about loner type of characters. Even McCauley relationship ends in doom, and I think he was even aware of it. And find me a Mann movie where characters have happy ending.

[@whatistau]

@@m1lst3r89 that is true. i ment to say he dramatises loneliness of his characters, that many men will always relate. but its poetic

[@sasazivanovic777]

​​@@m1lst3r89 It"s just realism, there not exist happy endings in real Life. Happy 'Moments' exist, for sure! But not happy endings for eternity. Especially not in a criminal Life.

[@kennykenny1616]

If you haven’t seen Thief, it’s an absolute classic. In the top 3 of Mann movies IMO.

[@Bringos76]

Absolutely. Soundtrack is excellent too.

[@m1lst3r89]

I watched it recently. Quite stunning film for a feature film debut.

[@FredericFreedom]

Great film. Very underrated!

[@FredericFreedom]

For me, my top 3 Mann films are Heat, Collateral and Thief

[@Bringos76]

@@FredericFreedom Did you like Manhunter?

[@seancorrigan7448]

Such an icon. "The Insider" & "Collateral" are such underrated classics.

[@sdccvideo1460]

i just wish public enemies weren't shot on digital like he did... can you imagine it on celluloid?

[@MrOctober44]

Agreed, they both are. Thief is really good as well. So is Manhunter....

[@uncharted.shubhX]

Those movies are not underrated at all.

[@MrOctober44]

​@@uncharted.shubhXThose movies are the first and second most underrated movies ever.

[@Momon143]

Insider floored me when I saw it, it may have been my first Mann film, either that or Mohicans. I need to rewatch it.

[@garethrice1266]

Mann's attention to detail is phenomenal and it shows in all of his films.

[@Jason-oo4jg]

I could listen to Michael Mann talk about his films all day

[@MrOctober44]

Thief is so underrated and sadly almost forgotten

[@Tob1Kadach1]

Such a classic I own it on BluRay and the Tangerine Dream soundtrack for it on CD

[@2K9s]

Well, I love mm movies so we’ll be watching! Thx

[@SolidMikeP]

Collateral, so damn good.

[@v-trigger6137]

My most favorite director ever. I adore his entire filmography, Collateral has been an huge influence on me growing me and Miami Vice is the coolest movie ever

[@gioluvs1893]

Love Miami Vice. Taking a girl on a 1st date in a go fast boat to Havana was such a flex

[@Ammah786]

Michael Mann is one of my favourite directors ever. I'm really hoping he makes Heat 2 and I check the news regularly to see if it's coming along!

[@riffbaama]

Never knew that was part of the plan... De Niro's character is dead and Al Pacino is kind of old now, what could the plot be?

[@bbbylw]

@@riffbaama It's a sprawling prequel/sequel mixture, set between 1988 and 2000, before and after Vincent crosses paths with Neil's crew.

[@noobbotgaming2173]

Make a trilogy with Den of Thieves as the second Heat movie.

[@m1lst3r89]

I am not thrilled about it. The original was made nearly 30 years ago. Sequels that don't get made quickly afterwards never have that fresh feel. Plus, I think Heat as such is very self contained film.

[@riffbaama]

@@m1lst3r89 Yes, sure... But its Michael Mann and Adam Driver. Their is a big chance this could be good at least.

[@leivabernie]

Nobody talks about his taste in music and sound. I’m a HUGE fan of his music choice.

[@tomh.2405]

Yeah. I think my favorite musical selection in any of his movies is the Korean version of "Ready Steady Go" during the nightclub scene in "Collateral." It not only fits that particular scene perfectly, it's also a spot-on manifestation of Mann's style in general: hard-driving and exciting, yet somehow kind of pensive and dreamy at the same time.

[@Z3in_]

Collateral is the most eye-appetizing movie I've ever watched, it really gets into a mind with people who say what they're going to do and people who live in the moment

[@Jarrodpimental]

It’s a really great movie

[@MrOctober44]

Really good movie. Horrible ending.

[@Jarrodpimental]

@@MrOctober44 really? I liked the ending. You wanted tom cruise to make it? I liked the end because I don’t really like tom so it was nice to see him lose for me and it felt good to see foxx make it out ok. Why didnt you like it?

[@MrOctober44]

@@Jarrodpimental Because it was completely ridiculous. A timid cab driver outsmarts and kills a top level hitman/assassin. Typical Hollywood ending where the good guy has to win.

[@Jarrodpimental]

@@MrOctober44 fair enough.

[@BinocularRivalry]

I need to really brush up on this catalog, but Collateral is sensational. Underrated director.

[@HuzzleMuzzle7]

Collateral is a classic

[@m1lst3r89]

I don't like it, I don't see why all the praise. First, Vincent would off Jamie Foxx after the first hit, but even if you work over that, the second half (which is much inferior) slips almost into stalk serial killer subgenre.

[@ThePwig]

He’s definitely not underrated

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Heat - my fave film ever. It was rated 15 in the UK. I was 13 and sneaked in to the cinema to watch it. It was life changing.

[@michaelkuhn402]

Hands Down the BEST Director. Love his work

[@StillTheVoid]

Michael Mann changed television forever when Miami Vice and LA Takedown premiered. It pushed the envelope from your typical safe zone tv shows that premiered at that time. From Manhunter to Heat, he is one of few directors to have mastered both fields in film and television as a solo creator. I can't decide whether to choose Manhunt or the Last of the Mohicans as my favorite from his filmography. You're right: Thief it is.

[@m1lst3r89]

You forgot Crime Story but Miami vice was him alright.

[@RebelKingfrom1995]

Michael Mann has a unique way of filmmaking adding grit and romantic drama mixed into 1 combined with superb action with great audio. One of a kind.

[@Miura00]

Supremely underrated director. Way ahead of his time. Should of won multiple Oscar’s for Heat.

[@ThePwig]

He’s not underrated. C’mon man. And it’s “should’ve.”

[@juandenz2008]

The correct use of the term underrated is underrated.

[@Rorschach--hm3dk]

Manhunter is my favourite of his. Love how 80’s it is.

[@owie4070]

Have you ever seen Thief? I love that one!

[@DMalltheway]

Thief, Manhunter, Heat, Last of the Mohicans, The Insider, Ali, Collateral, Public Enemies and Miami Vice series and movie. The dude is stacked with good content.

[@DanTheWheelMan]

NTM the actors he's worked with: De Niro Pacino Voight Sizemore Judd Cruise Cruz Foxx Kilmer Caan Smith JPS Ruffalo DDL (!) Postlethwaite Crowe Plummer Driver Bale Depp Farrell Boggles the mind, it does!

[@onlyiforgive5083]

Heat , collateral , public enemies, mann is unbelievable and gets the best out of the actors

[@RyanJ504]

One of my very favorite directors. His cinematography is so distinctive. Also enjoy how he incorporates cityscapes into the story and builds plots around guys who are an expert in a trade and then takes us on a deep dive into how that man does what he does so well.

[@ChauLe-bs4uz]

It's kind of sad there's no iconic 'You stay alive, no matter what occurs!' from The Last of the Mohicans here. But watching Mann is always a delight and I look forward to his Ferrari film.

[@Kuzuri76]

One of my FAVORITE Directors of all time. A true cinematic genius and gifted Director

[@spinsandneedles]

Michael Mann is one of the best directors in the world. I like the impassioned crime films the best and yet I am a Ferrari fan so let's go!

[@mauziki]

I wish there had been a quote from Chris in Heat. I wanted to hear him speak about Val Kilmer.

[@neill3040]

The most technically gifted director of his generation. The Last of the Mohicans and Heat are cinema and art perfected.

[@JarOfMoMack]

Hear hear

[@janofb]

Manhunter was miles better than Red Dragon. The music was perfect. The music when Reba was feeling the tiger. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida during the ending scene was so perfect, and timed when Will smashes through the glass just makes the hair stand up on my arms.

[@jacob_yancosky]

God I love James Caan’s performance / character in Thief .

[@dinsism]

Heat is an all time classic, amazing film.

[@saulreyes4384]

Thief, Manhunter, Heat, The insider, Ali, Collateral, Miami Vice ! All amazing films ! 💯

[@m1lst3r89]

Except Manhunter and Miami Vice. Someone who was creative force behind MV series, I was disappointed that movie is very much like the series.

[@rickastley2308]

​@@m1lst3r89Manhunter is a great movie, better than Red Dragon in my opinion.

[@stprm2013]

@@m1lst3r89 I get Miami Vice movie, but Manhunter?? It is a fantastic movie! One of my top50 for sure.

[@m1lst3r89]

@@stprm2013 I find the cast superior in Red Dragon. Also, I dislike the Miami Vice approach that Mann took for the movie. And as adaptation, Manhunter less closely follows the novel than Red Dragon.

[@stprm2013]

@@m1lst3r89 we disagree here. Petersen, Cox and all other cast is brilliant and I absolutely enjoy that movie, rewatched it few times. Red Dragon I only watched once and wont touch it again. It was alright, but not excellent. I dont care about the book, though.

[@XYZ-ol6pc]

No Michael Mann, no The Dark Knight.

[@m1lst3r89]

100 percent true.

[@EbizzerHH]

This man is 80 years old... I have to reconsider so much lifechoices... what an amazing dude!

[@johnvbianco]

Michael Mann. One of the greatest producers of our time and my favorite since Thief with James Caan. The first movie I ever liked. I would love to see Mann produce Warriors, by Sol Yurick, Walter Hill. God bless Michael Mann for many more years of producing great movies. Peace

[@RobHill00]

One of my favourite directors! So many great films!🙌🏻

[@Heni655]

Michael Mann really is a master

[@WVandellHarris]

Did everyone hear how automatic those “thief” lines were ??!!! My favorite director of all time !!!!!!! THE BEST. Thank you MIKE!!!!! ❤

[@jepensequel]

Hit after hit. Where are those writers and directors like him nowadays? The scripts were a piece of art.

[@NicksHEAT1995]

HEAT is his best movie, and my favorite film of all time.

[@mohammadshahadathhossain981]

How brilliant the man is, a highly underrated pal but he is just a razor sharp talent. If 90s is one of the greatest movie decades ever, then Michael Mann ruled it with movies like The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995) and The Insider (1999). Good luck with Ferrari (2023)!

[@ARmy2510]

This guy made HEAT and changed my life forever.

[@FacelessWarrior86]

They should have included lines from The Last of the Mohicans - "You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you! No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you!"

[@Pomeray8]

I want Mann to do another Chicago film. So much architecture and so many cool neighborhoods ripe for a deep dive.

[@r4h4al]

I love Manhunter so much. That's my favourite of his. Looking forward to Enzo Ferrari at Xmas.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

Likewise. Losing count of the amount of times I've watched it.

[@qtrust]

Love Michael Mann and his work. One of my filmmaking heroes.

[@tomh.2405]

There's a line in "Manhunter" that I've always thought was kind of underappreciated. After being pressured into returning to work to help catch a serial killer -- and then enduring an ever-worsening assault on his own fragile mental state -- William L. Petersen's retired criminal profiler finally explodes in frustration at his boss (Dennis Farina), "I gave it up! Til you showed up with pictures of two dead families, knowing goddamn well I'd imagine families three, four, five, and six, right?"

[@m1lst3r89]

I think Graham was mentally ok, but pushed a bit under the stress.

[@kelownatechkid]

I love that Mann is continuing to make films!!!

[@JonBlockCreations]

The Insider is an absolute masterpiece. Jaw-droppingly excellent.

[@jon4715]

Miami Vice is a masterpiece, gorgeous movie. Theatrical cut is much better than the Director's cut.

[@cameronbrown8312]

Michael Mann is one of the greatest filmmakers and one of my biggest filmmaking influences

[@madmaxxx7981]

we really need Heat 2

[@rigsby1454]

Not sure who at Variety decided to go all in on Michael Mann but they deserve a raise

[@keyseronthewire2575]

Collateral and Heat are my favorite two by him... Truly perfect films, but I really enjoy Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies a lot as well! Michael Mann truly is one of the greats 💯 🎥

[@QNPMEDIA]

Damn I always forget how many bangers this man has. Time to go back and watch Ali. Might be his best

[@iforgotthenamemate]

I dont know if Michael will understand how profound effect Heat had on me when i was a kid. That shootout felt so real back in the day it still does.

[@underratedcritic1983]

The "Great Ass!" line is the most prominent highlight of Mann's entire filmography.

[@SquabbleBoxHQ]

You can all go on and on about Heat if you want to... but Manhunter is the jam for me. The photography, the set design, the acting.. it's all impeccable and without the boring domestic spat scenes other, more overrated films have.

[@TheBerylknight]

It's criminal how no quote from Last of the Mohicans was used. That's easily one of Mann's best films.

[@rigsby1454]

Manhunter really is a masterpiece

[@m1lst3r89]

Mann wrote the most outlandish, philosophical dialogue in Miami Vice the movie.

[@Creamcups]

"Somebody's something's gotta go somewhere somewhen"

[@tylertilwick6852]

Heat (1995) is STILL his Magnum-Opus along with Pacino and De Niro’s. The diner scene is probably one of the greatest moments in cinematic history!

[@headphoneboy]

Desperately hoping we still get Ferrari this year, with Heat 2 moving into pre-production soon after! 🙏

[@SRDhain]

A bona fide genius & a master of the craft.

[@kowalski5599]

Mann claimed in a recent interview not to have touched or adjusted Heat & The Insider, however there are lines present on the VHS and DVD that are removed from the blu-rays. Pacino's line "Ferocious, aren't I?" as well as his wife's line "You sift the detritus." have quietly been trimmed from later releases.

[@stoogefest16]

I hate it when he second guesses himself like that. So many memorable lines from Last of the Mohicans were excised needlessly.

[@kowalski5599]

@@stoogefest16 Once movies are released, they should remain untouched. If the director wants to put out an alternate cut, it should be labeled and marketed as a companion. They shouldn't quietly change the cut available. Look at Apocalypse Now - there are three distinct cuts now - imagine if FFC just kept changing it and every new format got a new cut? Ew

[@raph6931]

​​@@kowalski5599it's unfortunate that none of the cuts of Apocalypse Now are great. The theatrical misses out too much, the Redux includes too much and the Final Cut is the worst of all, including stuff that shouldn't be included but with none of the good stuff from Redux. Ideally FFC would release a cut that was basically the theatrical cut but with the extra Kilgore scenes and the extra Kurtz scenes. The French plantation stuff should never be in the film. It'll never happen though

[@fthprodphoto-video5357]

Hacker is very unique too… Miami vice and Heat vibes mixed into one great movie

[@felipejoya7897]

I also like Blackhat.

[@franc8718]

Best ever!!!!

[@giannisleontsinis9446]

best action movie director and writer for sure

[@jeremiahmarkusmedia6915]

Mann is such a badass. At 5:20 that’s him doing his own camera operating and I heard he does a lot of his own steady cam.. the dude is alpha in everything

[@prime20687]

Adam Driver as De Niro's Neil McCauley would be incredible. Oscar Isaac would be incredible in the Pacino role of Vincent Hannah or Cillian Murphy. God knows who would be able to do Val Kimer's Chris Sherherlis, maybe Charlie Hunnam or Robert Pattinson. Love Michael Mann's filmography, a true auteur

[@welcometothemovies9157]

Maybe Murphy can do Chris. Look at him in Red Eye. He can get intense. Hunnam can be good too. But Isaac would be great as Vincent.

[@welcometothemovies9157]

Maybe Murphy can be Nate as well

[@magdam8290]

Driver is too intense and prone to overacting. Neil is restricted, reserved and cold. Maybe a role for Christian Bale or DiCaprio. Murphy is too old for Chris. It should be guy in early to mid 30s. Robert Downey Jr for Vincent?

[@dexraikkonen7]

God no, there are no actors that can do any of them. Heat is untouchable.

[@welcometothemovies9157]

@magdam8290 that's why I said maybe Murphy as Nate. Jon Voight dressed as Eddie Bunker part

[@KevinOblivion]

He's an icon. Hope he makes many more movies.

[@chandermotwani3493]

Michael Mann's HEAT & THEIF ARE ICONIC 🤘🏻💯

[@jjforcebreaker]

Great artist. Love his movies!

[@chrislondo2683]

“We’re all done fighting. Now we’re the masters of the world.” ~ The Keep (1983).

[@Tob1Kadach1]

Michael Mann is fantastic. The only film of his I wasn't a fan of was Miami Vice, I prefer the TV series, peak 80's.

[@SeenGod]

yeah i agree, i grew up in the 80s and Miami Vice & Magnum PI were my favorite shows, but in my opinion Jamie Foxx kinda shit the bed, he wasn’t Tubbs at all but Colin Farrell absolutely nailed Sonny Crockett i thought he was amazing

[@Illustraful]

Hi Variety. Just want to say big thanks for not giving us a f-k-g spoiler warning that you were gonna reveal one of the last lines from the Heat 2 novel. Really grateful. Thanks again.

[@daneoman1000]

Brilliant director, no mention of the last of the mochicans , WHAT!? Heat is a masterpiece

[@shashsrivas]

Michael Mann's films are set in the grey. Which makes them great

[@JHallenbeck]

Now we gotta make the best of it. Improvise, adapt to the environment, Darwin, shit happens, I Ching. Whatever man, we gotta roll with it.

[@keyseronthewire2575]

"Millions of galaxies of hundreds of millions of stars, in a speck on one in a blink. That's us... Lost in space."

[@hvitekristesdod]

Who else would hang out with real Yakuzas for research? This man is a treasure

[@michlo3393]

2:50 "Mike? _Mike_ , try 'Mr Wallace'...I've been in this profession FIFTY FUCKING YEARS!" The Insider was a fantastic movie.

[@TheDragonSmasher]

Amazing content. Mann is back folks

[@DThron]

God damn I hope he shoots Heat 2; what an incredible novel. And Driver would be perfect.

[@medea126]

How could you not use a quote from Last of the Mohicans? I wanted to hear him talk about Daniel Day-Lewis.

[@garthbarnes4538]

Variety's music has no business going this hard.

[@samanthab1923]

No Last of the Mohicans?

[@DanielThureskog]

It was excluded, since it was not a crime-thriller movie, which is a genre synonymous with Michael Mann. That movie would've broken the red thread. GQ and Vanity Fair would've including it with their actor filmography retrospective interviews.

[@samanthab1923]

@@DanielThureskog Thanks 👋

[@PabloReyesVelasco]

Mann the man! Lovely guy

[@andredongelmanshot]

Adam Driver in Heat 2 😳 Awesome! Opposite Tom Hardy Maybe? 🙏

[@kevingrant5744]

He is so great!!!

[@hengulbarua5256]

Great director!

[@gavinhenderson7250]

Can’t wait for Ferrari

[@Salahkonstantine]

Please do a Pacino interview

[@verkpunk]

Dont worry Mike. We all forgot about Public Enemies as well.

[@onelovemon1784]

Heat 2!

[@hugonascimentoveloso]

Miami Vice ❤

[@SRDhain]

One of the best.

[@gkceu8157]

THIEF was the best

[@Creelick67]

Man...no Last of the Mohicans lines. That was my favorite.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

I notice he didn’t talk about his film, The Keep.

[@JohnSmith-nm4zd]

Heat is the greatest heist thriller of all-time