One of the things I love about the Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary podcast, The Video Archives, is that you get that unfiltered movie-geek talk. and sometimes, you get to hear what each of them thinks of a person or a movie. Recently, a quote from Tarantino from a back episode went viral with Tarantino talking about Michael Mann. Let's unpack it. — (@) If you didn't read the multiple tweets, here's the full quote below: "Michael Mann's movies only work when he is dealing with the 20th century. I think there is particularly something about Mann doing crime stories. I think there is something a little lost when he is not doing a crime story, with the exception of 'The Insider' (1999)- which they try to make as much like a crime story as they possibly can."A lot of people took this as a slight on Mann, but I think it's another case of an out of context tweet that can be cleared up if you actually listen to Tarantino's whole thought. I don't think he is intentionally trashing Mann movies not set in the 20th century revolving around crime—I think what he means to do is laud the crime movies and talk about how much they mean. The reason I believe that is that Tarantino has been well-documented at praising Michael Mann. In another episode of the podcast, Tarantino said of Mann, “When Michael Mann came out with Thief with James Caan, he blew our minds.” Tarantino continued,...
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