Crime: Collateral (M. Mann Neo Noir)

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Crime & Horror 3: Manhunter

Neo Noir: Collateral (2004)

Manhunter Directed By Michael Mann

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Thief (1981)

Early Michael Mann crime direction:  classic crime film; early shots that would become Michael Mann classics.  Although this is set in the present day Los Angeles of the time, the beginning of the film reminds me a bit of the futuristic Los Angles in Ridley Scott's 1982 Blade Runner.  Hard to believe that in between this and Manhunter (which introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter [spelled Lektor in the credits]), Mann made The Keep!.