Neon-gleamed crime-thriller veteran Michael Mann's thrilling neon-gleamed debut.
The
debut film from the king of neo-noir crime thrillers,
Michael Mann. In this gritty flick, an expert thief wanting to retire and start a family decides to pull one last big heist, but he quickly learns that leaving a life of crime is easier said than done. The reality of noir is one in which fate seems to have its own gravity, creating an inescapable orbit in which destiny has made all routes cyclical; the exit ramps that don’t lead right back to entrances end abruptly - in nothingness.
Donald Thorin’s use of headlights, street lamps, and the glow of the city is something of a marvel in the film. He transforms them into luminescent tapestries, backdrops revealing society’s dark underbelly, where lives and loyalties flicker and shift under the cover of night.
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