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F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 2 I 6 3 Director Michael Mann looks back on his 45-year career as a fi lm and television Director by discussing his fi lmography (The Insider, Heat and The Last of the Mohicans), sharing his philosophical perspective on fi lmmaking, and detailing his tenure as a leader in the Guild. Mann on making memorable fi lms: "My own personal theory is that it sticks around if you can engage your audience on multiple levels simultaneously. That takes a lot of work. But it's fascinating to me to be able to do that, particularly when I'm telling stories that are large narratives. If these were buildings, they'd be very big, complex buildings. So, the story structure in something like The Insider or …Heat, which is an even better example, 'cause Heat's very fugue-like in its nature. It brings you into a moment like in that conclusion of Heat, where you are a hundred percent invested with Hanna, Al Pacino's character, in his pursuit of Neil McCauley, when we're in that track, that dynamic. And we're hundred percent invested in Neil McCauley, when we're with Robert DeNiro. …And that level of a fugue state is powerful and it makes things stick around in our recall. I would hope it doesn't present itself to an audience as a complex story; Hopefully, it presents itself as an engaging story, and you're in it. And if you see it show up on cable and you just all look at fi ve minutes of it, you'll fi nd yourself probably getting hooked on the whole thing." Michael Mann interviewed by Jeremy Kagan and Jay D. Roth Recent Visual History Addition View more excerpts and interviews in the Visual History Collection via the link on the homepage of www.dga.org. The DGA's Visual History Program website contains hundreds of hours of videotaped interviews with directors and director's team members discussing their careers and refl ections on all aspects of the creative process in fi lm, television and other media. These interviews are indexed for quick retrieval of segments pertaining to specifi c topics of interest within a particular interview or across the entire collection. DGA Video Portal Updates To see these items and more, start your exploration of the DGA Video Portal at www.video.dga.org Barry Jenkins on using Childish Gambino's "This Is America" to follow a climactic moment in his series, The Underground Railroad. Sam Mendes on how Steven Spielberg gave him advice about coverage on American Beauty. The Video Portal currently features a collection of clips and full videos from recent DGA events including: Chloé Zhao speaks about the importance of the theatrical experience. Ben DeJesus speaks about celebrating the Latino community in Hollywood.