EricW
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i listened to the commentary and there's some good stuff in there. one thing interesting is that at the beginning, Mann says he set up the shots so that we don't know what's going on exactly; De Niro could very well have been an ambulance driver, we don't there's a heist going on until they put on the hockey masks.
is this realistic? i mean does Mann really expect the movie goier to NOT know that we're watching a movie about De Niro as a crook vs. Pacino as a cop? sure, that experience would exist, but only for the people who are going to the movie WITH the people that want to watch it in the first place (like the friend that doesn't know what movie to see or really care).
perhaps it's necessary for Mann to think this way in order for the storytelling process, i dunno.
is this realistic? i mean does Mann really expect the movie goier to NOT know that we're watching a movie about De Niro as a crook vs. Pacino as a cop? sure, that experience would exist, but only for the people who are going to the movie WITH the people that want to watch it in the first place (like the friend that doesn't know what movie to see or really care).
perhaps it's necessary for Mann to think this way in order for the storytelling process, i dunno.