I have been away a while, but am still here to keep adding to this blog all things Michael Mann. The Guardian newspaper here in the UK ran an excellent video interview for their website with Michael Mann, from their "In the director's chair" series. Mann touches insightfully into the making of Public Enemies, and gives a glimpse of his working philosophy, some of which mentions the duality of humanity that comes across in so many of his films. Intriguingly, he says he would love to revisit 18th century America, and his movie The Last of the Mohicans. Check it out here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/video/2009/jul/02/michael-mann-public-enemies