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Niles Schwartz is one of our true philosophers of film. For some time now he has been asking how the images we confront at the movies can force us to confront ourselves. In this book he gets to develop his ideas about art, media, and the 'religious and transformative' power of film for the first time at length, offering along the way a fascinating reflection on one of our great American directors, Michael Mann. Off the Map is required reading for anyone who cares about the intersection of art and culture today. --Jon Baskin, The Point Magazine Niles Schwartz's brilliant study of two of Michael Mann's least-appreciated features breaks through the director's shimmering surfaces and plumbs their roiling depths. --Matt Zoller Seitz, editor of RogerEbert.com, author of The Wes Anderson Collection and The Oliver Stone Experience

"""Niles Schwartz is one of our true philosophers of film. For some time now he has been asking how the images we confront at the movies can force us to confront ourselves. In this book he gets to develop his ideas about art, media, and the 'religious and transformative' power of film for the first time at length, offering along the way a fascinating reflection on one of our great American directors, Michael Mann. Off the Map is required reading for anyone who cares about the intersection of art and culture today."" --Jon Baskin, The Point Magazine ""Niles Schwartz's brilliant study of two of Michael Mann's least-appreciated features breaks through the director's shimmering surfaces and plumbs their roiling depths."" --Matt Zoller Seitz, editor of RogerEbert.com, author of The Wes Anderson Collection and The Oliver Stone Experience"

"""Niles Schwartz is one of our true philosophers of film. For some time now he has been asking how the images we confront at the movies can force us to confront ourselves. In this book he gets to develop his ideas about art, media, and the 'religious and transformative' power of film for the first time at length, offering along the way a fascinating reflection on one of our great American directors, Michael Mann. Off the Map is required reading for anyone who cares about the intersection of art and culture today."" --Jon Baskin, The Point Magazine ""Niles Schwartz's brilliant study of two of Michael Mann's least-appreciated features breaks through the director's shimmering surfaces and plumbs their roiling depths."" --Matt Zoller Seitz, editor of RogerEbert.com, author of The Wes Anderson Collection and The Oliver Stone Experience"

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Niles Schwartz studied at Grand View University, the University of Iowa, and Hamline University. He is the co-founder and critic at the Minneapolis / St. Paul Cinephile Society (mspcinephiles.org), and makes regular contributions to The Point Magazine (thepointmag.com). He lives in Minneapolis.

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