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Michael Mann's collateral


as soon as i saw the colors of the movie it reminded me of michael mann's collateral. Although the two stories and medium(35mm and HD) are very different, the colors of the film are extremely similar. warm colors on the face and cool colors on the background. It makes me wonder if Michael had seen this movie before he started the production Collateral. I would be suprised if he did because almost as soon as Man of the year finished, collateral would have already started production. but nevertheless, i just wanted to say the two films' color and style are very similar. but good job on both of the films.

-Frank

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I think people in Hollywood are running out of ideas, that´s why they´re making so many remakes of successful foreign films, so I wouldn´t be surprised if Michael Mann copied the brazilian movie style.

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It takes them 1 out of a 100 movies to make a good movie like crash, but when they do they glorify it as if it were a god, but then that helps them make excuses for movies that are all hype with nothing but pointless violence and sexuality with no realism what so ever and then you have your lizzie mcguire teen movies, so yah i pretty much stick to foreign especially french movies and independent and sundance
is great other then that hollywood sucks.

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We could exchange tips of this kind of films. Like you know HBO is playing a short series made in Brasil? It´s called "Filhos do Carnaval" ("Sons of Carnival"), cast and crew are all from here, and it´s great! Look for "The Trespasser" ("O Invasor"), very good too. And also "Nueve Reinas" (argentinian), "Y tu mama tambien"(mexican)... you know those?

Ele fez da queda um passo de dança, do medo uma ponte, da procura um encontro.
Fernando Sabino

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that movie was hammier than a ham sandwich drizzled with bacon bits and served with a pork chop on the side and a glass of ham glaze to wash it down.

sorry. i saw it as an attempt of the celebourgeios to show that they "truly understand" and that they care about "what's really going on" when all they're doing is oscar-baiting. plus i've grown to be bored by the first 10 minutes of a paul haggis movie and a friend that worked on his new movie 'the valley of elah' says he's a shlep... i trust her judgement.

this year, "blood diamond" had the same feel and taste: ham, slimy, sparkling ham.

i think that i'm better off sticking to following certain directors' work more than i do the trundle of the hollywood assembly line, regardless of how gimmicky, "unique", or "exotic" a movie is touted as. sometimes those things work, but only in the right hands.

re: the original poster's comments. i like michael mann and think that his revisiting the original concept for 'miami vice' and reenvisioning it as a full-length feature was an interesting experiment. i can also see what the poster meant about the film's look. mann's one of the few directors that shows acumen, skill, and tact when using newer digital media being made available to filmmmakers. ditto for david lynch, david fincher ('zodiac' was great as a movie for mature fans of 'seven') and a host of (unusually) foreign directors that simply want to bring audiences an engrossing story, regardless of the format or presentation. the link between directors that seem to have a wider perspective for what's going on globally with filmmaking techniques and film narrative and apply it to digital "film" is something i've been fascinated with for some time. it interests me more than directors that take old b-, horror, or kung-fu movies and remake them or incorporate elements from them (shamelessly, pretentiously) to "pay homage to what movies used to be".

so, yeah, you won't see me standing in line for the next quentin tarantino movie but i'll gladly be one of the few that clamors for the next figgis or lynch experiment...

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"I think people in Hollywood are running out of ideas, that´s why they´re making so many remakes of successful foreign films, so I wouldn´t be surprised if Michael Mann copied the brazilian movie style."

You're a freaking moron. Although I think it would be rather unlikely he would have been inspired by this film, acting as though he "copied" it is absurd. Ask your parents to beat you more.

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Yea they're pretty similar, even the sound on the ending of o homem do ano looks like collateral ones..

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A coincidence. The Brazilian director of City of God, Fernando Meirelles, was invited to do Collateral, but refused because he was involved in The Constant Gardener project.

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