Ep. 265: Thief
This week, Gavia and Morgan celebrate the late James Caan by watching Thief (1981), Michael Mann's debut film, which features Caan's favorite of his own performances. In the film, he plays a skilled but small-time safecracker who gets involved with organized crime. Topics discussed this episode include Caan's life and career, Mann's influential style, this movie's delightfully realistic depiction of safecracking, and more.
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Links
“Thief: Where Nothing Means Nothing,” Nick James, Criterion
“Michael Mann’s Damaged Men,” Jonah Weiner, The New York Times Magazine
“James Caan, Safecracker,” Criterion
“Tuesday Weld,” David Smiedt, The Rake
“30 Things We Learned from the ‘Thief’ Commentary,” Jeremy Kirk, Film School Rejects
“Caught with Heist Tools, Actor Has 1 Line: ‘Guilty’,” Art Barnum and Ray Gibson and Tribune Staff Writers, The Chicago Tribune