That’s right, today is officially Michael Mann day on Solace in Cinema, today we’ll take a look at the Mann himself and many of the great movies hes’ produced. One of the strongest directors working in hollywood today, has shown the world how to direct a gunfight, how to make Will Smith breakout of his ‘i’m funnyman Will Smith’ mode, and remake a movie or tv show you’ve already made once and make it ten times as good.

Michael Mann the last true hollywood Auteur (went to film school in London I should add) writer/producer/director of films like Heat, A film so cold hearted and realistic it would cut your hand off then ask you the time; Collateral, Starring Tom Cruise as a psychopath, not much of a stretch that one, and Jamie Foxx (pre- ‘Ray’) acting his ass off as a cab driver doing anything he can to survive.

Michael Mann, a director that made digital video beautiful, a director that made Will Smith circle in a plane for hours in order to get that perfect shot for ‘Ali’ during the ‘magic hour’ of sunrise, and a man that once won a ‘quick draw’ competition, after learning to shoot on the set of ‘heat’.