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The Films of Michael Mann

From the Prison Wall to the Firewall

By: Deryck Swan

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The Films of Michael Mann

From the Prison Wall to the Firewall

By: Deryck Swan

Is Michael Mann an auteur? Mann is a formidable filmmaking personality, no doubt, but the notion that today's celebrity cult of director immediately correlates with the mysterious sect of 'auteur' is questionable and deserves to be investigated. In doing so this book strives to emulate the methodology of the man himself, by ranging over not only the films he has made, from 1979’s The Jericho Mile to 2015's Blackhat, but also the scope of intellectual interests that they exemplify in an attempt to mine the commonalities, themes and traits that may suggest the presence of an auteur. Through his investigation of Mann's filmography and the personality that flows through it, author Deryck Swan provides the reader with accessible and new ways of thinking about his films to date, including, amongst myriad other things, references to painter Morris Louis, desert modernism, West Coast prison culture, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Strain Theory, journalist Mike Royko, Chicago's Auditorium building and a largely forgotten Charles Bronson film.

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264

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Liverpool University Press

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1800345631

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9781800345638

A History of the Pacific Islands

Passages through Tropical Time

By: Deryck Scarr

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A History of the Pacific Islands

Passages through Tropical Time

By: Deryck Scarr

A book about the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space spanning the centuries from the first settlement of the islands until the present day.

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376

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Routledge

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1136837965

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9781136837968

The Gods of Entropy

and the Fifth Yin

By: Deryck Hockley

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The Gods of Entropy

and the Fifth Yin

By: Deryck Hockley

The Gods of Entropy and the Fifth Yin follows Dyfed Lucifer, the only descendant of the multi-dimensional “Hyperborean Masters of the Little Known Universe” to be born on an “earth” that has a history remarkably similar to ours. His mission is to reduce the suffering of humans (the hoi polloi – the fuzz on the peach and the salt of the Earth) and give them the tools to think independently. Standing in the way of Dyfed’s mission are the Haploids, the world’s executive power elite who captain almost every ship of state. These Haploids are the acolytes of myth and responsible for cults, political ideology fallacies, and a corporate establishment that keeps the hoi polloi slaves to debt. Thankfully, as an immortal, Dyfed has time on his hands for this epic quest that extends from early history to a gloomy future that (despite the author’s disclaimer) bears a striking resemblance to the world at large today. Witty, sagacious, and downright spicy, The Gods of Entropy combines satire and surrealism to hold a mirror up to our own civilization that will make readers alternatively chortle and gasp, and most importantly, reflect.

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997

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FriesenPress

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152556837X

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9781525568374

The Films of Michael Mann

From the Prison Wall to the Firewall

By: Deryck Swan

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From the Prison Wall to the Firewall

By: Deryck Swan

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The Films of Michael Mann

The Films of Michael Mann

A History of the Pacific Islands

A History of the Pacific Islands

The Gods of Entropy

The Gods of Entropy

The Films of Michael Mann

The Films of Michael Mann

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