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I beg to differ on your claim of lacking substance :).... (good analytical article inside)
I would suggest reading this excellent analysis of the movie by Jean-Baptiste Thoret....
Excerpt:
'The film closes as abruptly as it opened: Isabella escapes from the flux by the sea (the eternal utopia of Mann’s characters): “It’s magic”, says a fisherman about the sea near the beginning of Thief (1981), Sonny turns his back on the sea and returns to the flux. And loses himself therein. Life suspended on one side, perpetual flux on the other. No dead time or respite: the system runs at full speed but on empty, and possesses no other end than that of its own stability. To such an extent that one could, like Isabella, pass one’s entire life there: “It’s all that I know how to do; I’ve been doing that since I was 17”, she tells Sonny when the latter questions her on the possibility of an elsewhere, of an alternative life. The only thing that counts is the global balance of the system and its capacity to restore the unchanging order of things (disappearance of Jesus Montoya/death of Jose Yero, disappearance of Isabella/reappearance of Trudy, etc.). At bottom, between the beginning and the end of the film, nothing has changed. Like Frank (James Caan) at the end of Thief or Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) in the last shot of The Insider, Sonny recedes in depth of the field, with his back to us, and disappears. In the world in flux that Miami Vice follows, the human is only an event, a lost atom in the multitude, similar to the one described by the hired killer in Collateral. It is either arrogance and/or naïveté of the couple, Sonny-Isabella, to have believed that the human could be stronger than the flux.'
Two stills....
which I randomly came across tonight from a film that I subjectively consider to be the highest form of cinematic expression. I do not think the casting in the film was optimal but ultimately it was not underwhelming either . What matters here most is the...
I agree wholeheartedly :).
It seems to me that the film resonates considerably more with European audiences than it does with American! Couldn't help but notice you are writing from France . Cheers, Filip
I think the reason why it resonates to European more is
its at times very simple, reduced scenary, without any bombastic garnish. Like the killing of the guard in the trailor park. The guy is hidden in a bush, a simple bush like in anybodies backyard. Some accompaniying songs in scenes are also more "European ...
I'll need to watch this film again. I never did finish it.
I grew up on the original Miami Vice TV show and the Manhunter movie which later spawned the Hannibal Lecktor movies, but this Vice "reboot" film had none of the 80s feel IMHO. From the praise here I'll try to re-watch it with fresh eyes.
Please do!
He is a profoundly philosophical filmmaker where there is a considerable amount of substance beneath the highly polished aesthetic and sparse dialogue. This is done with sheer auteur intent. You have to put your mind to work with this movie in order to gl...
It is.... (video content)
ridiculously easy to freeze-frame almost any image in this film how expertly it was shot by director of photography Dion Beebe (Australian). Some footage from the movie below....
Well, idosyncratic in the sense of "unique to this film", yes I agree
This movie has got such an somnambulant atmosphere that makes it very easy to follow but at the same time one can notice the ever increasing intensity that that turns the somnambulant atmosphere into a night mare. The intensity explodes in an act of sheer...
:)
I am honestly slightly surprised a decent number of people here really appreciate this movie but perhaps I shouldn't be. It is after all a hyper-rare place online which I chose to call home as well . As I mentioned, thus far most of the positive commentar...
Thus far,
living in LA, I did not encounter any notable number of people who would have a positive reaction to me mentioning this was one of my favorite movies of all time!! As a matter of fact I cannot recall even a single person telling me something particularly ...
i started to wear a moustache just because Sonny
btw I think he (and maybe Freddy Mercury) is the only who looks better with it than w/o.
Dare I say it....
I think she did the best acting of the three main characters in this movie! Cheers, Filip
I am a big fan of cinematographers...
As much as I enjoy and appreciate still photography, if the cinematography is done right there is almost nothing better... Miami Vice (2006) - Cinematography by Dion Beebe ... best known for his collaboration with Rob Marshall in the films Chicago (2002),...
Some of those....
I have not seen (Chicago, Nine, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins Returns) so I will have to check them out and then 'Memoirs of a Geisha' I saw when it came out a dozen years ago so it is well overdue for another viewing. 'Heat' probably remains Mann's best w...
This movie surprised me as well.
I didn’t think much of it as I find all those remakes or ‘based-upons’ the ultimate proof of lacking imagination. So that was the vibe I had when I started the movie (nothing else on tv so what the hell)....but I was pleasantly surprised. Very entertainin...
+1 Avant garde vs re-interpretation/extrapolation of an Original seen thru a different viewing lens/imagination. Though it was all about style, attitude and offered little...
... substance it certainly set the garbs or fire - Corvette as a Ferrari- nothing sartorial about it ) FWITW I still find DJ/SC trailblazing style impeccably cool.
Never really watched Miami Vice, but you can blame me because I wrote the kit car instruction manual on turning a Corvette into a Daytona
It was a different era, and I needed the money, and they offered me the job ... I even got to drive the car we used as the subject for the conversion manual (a piece of crap). What did you say about "Style, attitude and little substance"? Sigh. Cazalea
Wow!!....
I had no clue that you were involved in that bit of masterclass trickery .... ...
I beg to differ on your claim of lacking substance :).... (good analytical article inside)
I would suggest reading this excellent analysis of the movie by Jean-Baptiste Thoret.... Excerpt: 'The film closes as abruptly as it opened: Isabella escapes from the flux by the sea (the eternal utopia of Mann’s characters): “It’s magic”, says a fisherm...
Indeed,
it is an interpretation. I feel that it aligns with the intent of the film-maker but ultimately it comes down to each and every person's subjective viewpoint and sensibilities . Cheers, Filip
I do agree :)....
great title card still from the TV show!! Thanks for posting it here! Cheers, Filip
“Do you dance?”
I’ve watched this movie so many times. The well-curated soundtrack. The signature gunfights with loud deep booms reminiscent of Heat. The one-upmanship in dialogs. Organic directing and cinematography as opposed to, say, a Wes Anderson or Coen brothers mo...
:D
Your wordplay is dead-on . Alongside Terrence Malick he is undoubtedly the leading film director for spontaneous image sequencing. Thanks for the lovely thoughts, cheers, Filip
I can remember when the TV show was in it's
prime, The night it was on everything was empty, streets, retail stores, bars, gym anyplace people gathered because everyone was home watching Miami Vice. Once the hour was over everything was back toi normal.
In my heavily biased opinion....
Both the television show, as well as the 2006 film, are to this day the greatest filmed entertainment put on screen 🤘😎.... The image is of me in the late 80s. 'nuff said.... ...
Great cinematography...
Michael Mann DNA abounds in this movie. That classic Mann cinematography, his love of fancy cars (he's a car lover), the perfect slightly shadowy lighting he uses for his night scenes, and those slightly unsteady hand-held camera shots that frame an actor...
Your last line.
Hits the nail on the head, regardless of what one thinks of his less-is-more storytelling style (I happen to love it), Miami Vice is in my opinion the prettiest film ever made. The cinematographer, Dion Beebe (one of my top 3 photography inspirations), wh...
For the record,even though
I’ve stated it before here I think, Miami Vice is one of my favorite movies. Cheers Marc
I deliberately waited to post a response to your comment....
because I had to get back home to share a snap of my Miami Vice 'shrine' xD.... ...
Ha! I remember. I have
yet to hunt for Miami Vice and Heat production stills. Yours is perfect. As for movie stills, I had Tom Sizemore giving some sandwich muncher the evil eye in Heat as screen saver on my laptop for years. The great scene in the diner that leads up to Waingr...
I don't recall that one! Thanks for re-telling it, I know I've shared with you my 'shrine' before on here ;)
I'm really grateful to my brother who had purchased it for me for one of my relatively recent birthdays . Cheers, Filip
This movie is the only one downloaded to my mobile device to be always present even without internet.
I like the tv series too, but the movie is special in many aspects.
Love the boat scene!
The engine noise gives me goosebumps everytime. I have the soundtrack on my phone and I shall play it on the morning commute.One of these mornings, I'll be gone
I loved this film. I think people did not
really get below the surface with and expected more of the 80’s Don Johnson and Tubbs vibe. This was far more sophisticated than that and employed subtlety. Here’s some thing you probably didn’t know . . . the watch Sonny (Colin Farrell) wore was a platin...
Ed, my friend, I am in violent agreement with you, but you're allowing your memory....
to get the better of you - we did discuss the Malte PC Chrono from MV, and you even participated in the discussion .... www.watchprosite.com
Yes, my memory is not quite as good
and I realized what you mention when I saw the age of most of the posts. My apologies.
I forget why but I actually did similar screen caps. If I had to capture the vibe, it would more or less be in some of these stills..
I forgot to add the “jackson pollock” shoot out towards the end ...
=))) every single one of those frames is a masterpiece born out of the minds of Mann and Beebe....
I vividly remember, as if it happened yesterday and not 19 years ago, the moment I came out of the theatre in the summer of 2006 with my mind 'blown' by what I had just seen. I have not had that feeling before or since as an adult, mind you, I was only 21...
What dreams are made of xD
I have spent decades in pursuit of that form of perfection ....