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Public Enemies

As a reviewer on DVD Verdict put it, Mann sometimes seems to be fond of doing a sort of thematic slight-of-hand, and this movie is just such an example. On the cover, it's about the life and death of legendary bank robber John Dillinger. In reality, it's about treating Dillinger and Co. and the FBI as groups, and situating them in the birth of the modern surveillance state. Underrated movie, gorgeous to look at.