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1981
Thief is a 1981 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Michael Mann in his feature film debut. It stars James Caan as a professional safecracker trying to escape his life of crime, and Tuesday Weld as his wife. The supporting cast includes Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Dennis Farina, and Willie Nelson. The screenplay is inspired by the 1975 memoir The Home Invaders: Confessions of a Cat Burglar, by…
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Michael Mann made *Heat*, his best known and most successful film, in mid 1990s, but he is still likely to enter world cinema history books as quintessentially 1980s director. This will happen thanks to his trend-setting TV show *Miami Vice* which established neon lights, synthesiser-based soundtracks and refined fashion styles as embodiment of everything what was “cool” about the decade. Mann very effectively used…More
