Word: stylishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There's not the same compelling reason to see James Dean's REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (Orson Welles), except to toss the title around. Here we have desperation at its most stylish and vacuous, the new boy in town who has to pose tougher than a steroid-fed General Patton. But it's not just a cause that The Rebel needs, it's a family, friends. Where Natalie Wood's acting slips up a little, the skillful filming covers up, setting Dean in a fraction of a frame filled with lonely cliffs and ravines...
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...competing for attention with what many consider the real stars of Miami Vice: the music and the visual pyrotechnics. Both are largely the contributions of Michael Mann, who joined the show as executive producer when NBC decided to turn Yerkovich's pilot into a series. Mann had directed the stylish film thriller Thief and the TV movie The Jericho Mile, as well as creating the TV series Vega$. But Miami Vice marked his first opportunity to bring a cinematic eye to the small screen...
...everyone is so enthusiastic about the direction Miami Vice is taking TV. "Miami Vice is a cop show--very well done and stylish, but still a cop show," says Bruce Paltrow, the executive producer of St. Elsewhere. "It's hip and glib, but not very deep." Concedes Creator Yerkovich: "In the long run you can only rely so much on color coding and Bauhaus architecture and the Versace spring catalog." Yet Vice may be revving up to move beyond such trendy props. "As soon as they get a handle on the script situation," says Yerkovich, "the show is going...
...Stylish...