The Narrow Sparrow

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Thief (1981) - dir. Michael Mann

Welcome to Drive before Drive. Mann’s debut feature is highly-stylized, highly-researched, and offers James Caan in his favorite and best role. There’s nothing new about Thief (at least not by today’s standards) but there is something very real about Thief. Mann’s research really shines through, Sure, he still over-imposes his own will on the film, dragging a couple of scenes out for too long, but move past that and soak in the neon-noir.

Perhaps more impressive is the film as a debut feature for cinematographer Donald Thorin. Again, if you liked Refn's Drive, he re-creates scenes here shot-for-shot (same shooting location, as well). Thorin would go on to photograph other beautiful 80s films, but fell off in the 90s (even filming Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), so maybe don’t credit Thorin but again Mann, for knowing exactly the kind of film he wanted to make, for better or worse.

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Thief (1981) Michael Mann  Cinematographer: Donald E. Thorin

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Thief | Michael Mann | 1981

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Thief

1981

Director: Michael Mann

Cinematographer: Donald Thorin, Don Cahill

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LA Takedown (1989)

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Thief | Michael Mann | 1981

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Thief (1981)

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Manhunter (1986) Directed by Michael Mann

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Night streets in Chicago: Thief (1981) Michael Mann  Cinematographer: Donald E. Thorin

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Prior to the SIFF course on Michael Mann’s LA happening tomorrow, taking a moment to remember how awesome his film debut was of capturing that urban cinematic realism vibe for his hometown.

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Fastbacks

The Answer Is You; Sub Pop 7” singles set

“Patience”

“Whatever Happened To”

“Above The Sunrise”

“My Letters”

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themattsmith:

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My band shared an airport shuttle with them in Barcelona. They piled onto the shuttle late, after finally getting corralled by their minder, who was nursing a head wound with an ice bag wrapped in a towel. They piled in, niggering everything in sight, motherfucking the driver, boasting into the air unbidden about getting their dicks sucked and calling everyone in the area a faggot. Then one of them lit a joint (or a pipe, I didn’t look) and told the driver to shut the fuck up nigger and smoked it anyway. A female passenger tried to engage one of them in conversation, but he just stared at her with a dead-to-me stare while his seatmate flipped double birds in her face. The whole trip they complained about not being at a McDonalds and repeatedly shouted for the motherfucker to pull over so they could get some fucking McDonalds nigger. Interspersed with the McDonalds requests were shouted boasts about how often they masturbated and fucked bitches nigger and got paid like a motherfucker fifty grand like a motherfucker. They continued complaining that the trip was taking too long and insisted they be fed immediately all the way to the airport, where their minder presumably fed them. I am quite happy none of them engaged me directly, because at least one of us would have regretted it.

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Steve Albini meets Odd Future!

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Two weeks ago, I was bummin around an open mic that I sometimes do and overheard a dude comic that I enjoy say "I'm so sick of people trying to politicize Bridesmaids" to his man-buddy, and just when I was about to go into my patented eye-roll /"Actually...", he shocked me by saying "I guess I just never thought that women WEREN'T funny." It was one of the first times I didn't feel super boys-clubbed out of stand-up, even if I was the only girl at the open mic (again).

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