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Collateral is, by far, the darkest big summer release in a long time. But the sheer transformative genius of Michael Mann makes it the summer’s unavoidable viewing experience for cinema lovers, along with Fahrenheit 9/11 which is also a master’s class in technique, although Mann’s work is infinitely more honest than Moore’s……
….Tom Cruise gives a really strong performance here, much in the mode of his very underrated turn in Interview With The Vampire, but this vampire is much less subject to flights of fancy.
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On Friday, June 18, director Michael Mann and Tom Cruise made an appearance at Hollywood’s Pacific Theatre as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival to talk about their upcoming movie, Collateral. The evening was called “Michael Mann’s Los Angeles: Realizing Collateral”. One of our readers, ‘Kevin Copelan’, attended the show and filled us in on what we missed (Minor Spoilers Ahead):
I attended this special evening at the Pacific Theater in Hollywood. Tom Cruise, Michael Mann, and actor Barry Shabaka Henley were there, and Kenneth Turan of the L.A. Times was the moderator. Jamie Foxx was a no show because his grandmother was ill. It was a full house with not one seat open in the whole theatre, and they started by showing clips from old films that depict Los Angeles. The first clip shown was Kiss Me Deadly (1955) chosen by the moderator, followed by Touch of Evil (1958) picked by Mann. Cruise picked a clip from Sunset Boulevard of a body in a pool, and Beverly Hills Cop was picked by Barry Shabaka Henley.
They showed a lot of extended clips from Collateral–the look of film is amazing! Michael Mann told Turan that 85% of the film was done with a digital camera so that they could manipulate certain scenes for the film. The Korean disco scene two-thirds through the film is a real keeper. Jada Pinkett Smith plays a taxicab passenger that Max, Jamie Foxx’s character, is making a play for. That scene probably occurs before Max picks up Vincent, the killer played by Tom Cruise.
The evening finished with a Q and A session and an extended trailer, which I believe has not been shown before then. In closing, there is no way this film can get a PG-13 rating, since it’s too violent.
Cruise, Foxx, Mann are presenting selected new scenes from Collateral and sitting for a discusson on their collaboration on Friday, 6/18 at 7:30 PM at the Pacific Theatre in LA. This is all in conjunction with the LA Film Festival which kicks off today.
The highly-anticipated thriller COLLATERAL, starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo under the direction of Michael Mann, has been selected as the opening night screening of The Eighth Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by MTV 2. The star-studded event will be held on Wednesday, August 4 at the Magic Johnson Theaters in the heart of uptown Manhattan with principal cast and filmmakers in attendance.
COLLATERAL is the perfect film to open this year’s Urbanworld. Not only because of the explosion of talent both in front of and behind the camera. But, because this picture illustrates what the term ‘urban’ truly represents in 2004,” explained festival founder Stacy Spikes. “‘Urban’ is about sensibility, not just ethnicity. Michael Mann captures the essence of this ideal through his breathtaking images of Los Angeles and the diverse populations that make our cities thrive.”
Tom Cruise took the award for best film actor for his role in The Last Samurai, while the late martial arts legend Bruce Lee was named recipient of the honorary lifetime achievement award.
Paramount is going to release Top Gun: The Collectors Edition this November. No news on extras yet. (Thanks to Architect for the news)
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