Michael Mann
Director
American · 20th–21st century
American film director known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and other films with strong visual imagery.
Connection to Taylor Swift
Director of The Last of the Mohicans, cited by Uncle Jerry as an example of American Romanticism that parallels Taylor's Romantic impulse in the lakes.
Notable Works
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Heat (1995), Collateral (2004)
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Context within the Archive
The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)
Angela & Uncle Jerry reference Michael Mann's 1992 film adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans as an example of cinema doing the work of visualising the transition between neoclassicism and Romanticism. Uncle Jerry: 'Michael Mann, the director, is really good with kind of this visual imagery of showing neoclassicism bridging over romanticism.'
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