James Mangold
4 titles · american genre
Mangold makes studio films out of American genres and American lives. Walk the Line follows Johnny Cash from a Depression childhood to the guitar he buys in the air force. Ford v Ferrari has Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles building a race car against corporate interference. In Logan he turned a superhero film into a western, with a worn-out Wolverine caring for Professor X near the Mexican border.
Signature
- Biopics of American men and their obsessions (Walk the Line, Ford v Ferrari).
- A superhero played as an ageing gunfighter (Logan).
- A psychiatric hospital from the inside (Girl, Interrupted).
- Classical, character-driven studio craft.
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