Episode 12: MICHAEL MANN (Director of THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, HEAT, THE INSIDER, THIEF, MIAMI VICE)
In the finale of The Last (12 minutes) of the Mohicans, I join the auteur behind this masterwork - Michael Mann. Mr Mann and I talk about existence on the planet Earth, the criticality of Wes Studi's performance for the success of this drama, the singularity of Daniel Day-Lewis as a performer, the twilight zone of the frontier and so much more.
ABOUT MICHAEL MANN
Director of Thief, Manhunter, The Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Insider, Ali, Collateral, Miami Vice and more.
Mr Mann is currently working with acclaimed five-time New York Times bestselling author Reed Farrel Coleman on a prequel/sequel novel to HEAT. The book features key origin story elements for several key characters, including Vincent Hanna and Neil McCauley, among others, as well as continuing several story threads from the landmark crime drama. Harper Collins will publish the novel in 2020.
Twitter: @MichaelMann
About the show:
THE LAST (12 minutes) OF THE MOHICANS is a twelve-episode limited podcast series focusing on the climax of the Michael Mann’s 1992 epic The Last of the Mohicans. The format of the podcast, which slightly differs from ONE HEAT MINUTE, utilises the entire final twelve-minute climax of Mohicans as a portal to explore the themes of the movie, the cross-section of political apparatuses, colonial superpower wrangling, and Mr Mann’s riff on the “great American hero.” With an Academy Award-winning score from Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones, iconic performances, stunning cinematography from Dante Spinotti, a relentlessly paced script from Mann and co-writer Christopher Crowe and masterful orchestration from Mann; the film’s extended finale - triggered by the delivery of tribal justice until the credits roll - is arguably one of the greatest endings to almost any movie ever.
About the movie:
The Last of the Mohicansis adapted (and significantly altered from) James Fenimore Cooper novel, set in 1757, Mohicans follows three trappers who are inadvertently drawn into the French and Indian War when they rescue the daughters of British Colonel and their British Captain escort from an ambush. It stars Academy Award Winner Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Academy Award Winner* Wes Studi, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May and Steven Waddington.