This episode of MIAMI NICE hosts Katie Walsh and Blake Howard joins Michael Mann crusader, director, film critic and historian; Jean-Baptiste Thoret. Katie, Blake and Jean-Baptiste discuss Miami Vice as an era-defining movie and Michael Mann as one of the most influential American filmmakers of the last thirty years. About Jean-Baptiste ThoretJean-Baptiste Thoret is a French director, historian and film critic born in 1969, a specialist in American cinema and, particularly, New Hollywood and Italian cinema of the 1970s. He is the author of fifteen books on cinema, including American Cinema of the 1970s. In 2017, he directed We Blew It, his first feature film.Book: Michael Mann: Mirages of the ContemporaryArticles: Gravity of the Flux: Michael Mann’s Miami ViceThe Seventies Reloaded: (What does the cinema think about when it dreams of Baudrillard?)One Heat Minute ProductionsWEBSITE: oneheatminute.comPATREON: One Heat Minute Productions PatreonTWITTER: @OneBlakeMinute @katiewalshstx & @OHMPodsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/one-heat-minute-productions/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy