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Feature: What makes Michael Mann’s Collateral one of the best LA set films?
Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx in Collateral, directed and produced by Michael Mann.
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From our recent screening of Michael Mann’s Collateral, Larry Mantle, critics Tim Cogshell and Claudia Puig, and Barry Shabaka Henley discuss the film's portrayal of L.A.
The topic:
For our most recent FilmWeek screening, Larry Mantle and critics Tim Cogshell and Claudia Puig traveled down to Santa Ana to the Frida Cinema for Michael Mann’s 2004 neo-noir thriller Collateral. The critics, along with special guest Barry Shabaka Henley, who plays the jazz club owner Daniel in the film, discuss the movie’s impact, its portrayal of Los Angeles, and the great acting by co-leads Jamie Foxx and a rare villainous Tom Cruise.
The panel:
- Tim Cogshell, film critic for LAist, Alt-Film Guide and CineGods.com
- Claudia Puig, film critic for LAist and program director for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
- Barry Shabaka Henley, film and television actor who plays the character Daniel in Collateral
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