Michael Mann makes movies about god damn fucking professionals.
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Thief is showing in 1 cinema in Los Angeles - next screening Sunday 8 November at 12:10 at Regal Edwards Long Beach.
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Michael Mann makes movies about god damn fucking professionals.
"Why don't you join a labor union?""I'm wearing it."
99I've seen this so many times I'm pretty sure I could replace my blood with a liquidized 35mm print of Thief and still survive because I learned a lot more from Frank's collage than from most life-lessons by restrictive elders. Also, favorite edit in any film (ever): Frank admiring his work in medium shot, cigarette in hand, as Tangerine Dream swells, climaxing in a cut to paradise; a dream obtained, water rising in and out as Frank strolls along the beach, shirtless but with rolled-up slacks intact, with a family and a future, as endless as the sea.
An expert professional safecracker plans to use his ill-gotten diamond heist earnings to retire and build a conventional family life, but a dangerous new partnership complicates his exit.
Michael Mann directed Thief in 1981, marking his feature film directorial debut.
While it did not sweep major mainstream Oscars, the film earned widespread critical acclaim and established a lasting legacy as a foundational modern crime thriller.
