Tag: Vachel Lindsay

  • Man(n)ly films: ‘Heat’, masculinity and control

    Man(n)ly films: ‘Heat’, masculinity and control

    Although I use a clip from Michael Mann’s Heat (1995) in a first-year lecture to demonstrate the principles of classical continuity editing, it’s a while since I’ve watched any of the director’s films. However, I recently watched the fascinating new TV crime series Tokyo Vice, produced by Mann, who directed the first episode, and was prompted by this…

  • Michael Bay’s promotional aesthetic.

    Michael Bay’s promotional aesthetic.

    A new teaser trailer for the forthcoming action film, Transformers: Age of Extinction, the fourth in this series of films directed by Michael Bay, was circulated on the internet earlier this week. There is a lot that might be said about these films (that are derived from a series of Japanese toys and a rudimentary…