{"id":74450,"date":"2020-09-24T19:16:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T16:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-michael-manns-the-keep-accidentally-nails-dream-logic\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T19:16:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T16:16:48","slug":"why-michael-manns-the-keep-accidentally-nails-dream-logic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-michael-manns-the-keep-accidentally-nails-dream-logic\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Michael Mann&#8217;s &#8216;The Keep&#8217; (Accidentally) Nails Dream Logic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a414b3c8094b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a414b3c8094b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-michael-manns-the-keep-accidentally-nails-dream-logic\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-michael-manns-the-keep-accidentally-nails-dream-logic\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why Michael Mann&#8217;s &#8216;The Keep&#8217; (Accidentally) Nails Dream Logic<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video that explores the dream-logic of Michael Mann\u2019s The Keep.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>True to its name, <i><strong>The Keep <\/strong><\/i>is one of the most enigmatic and impenetrable commercial films ever made. lt is also <strong>Michael Mann<\/strong>\u2018s only straight horror film. And what\u2019s remarkable about <em>The Keep,<\/em> as it sits awkwardly in Mann\u2019s filmography, isn\u2019t that an auteur known for making almost exclusively thrillers directed a horror film. Truly: even amongst horror cinema, this film is an outsider.<\/p>\n<p>Based on F. Paul Wilson\u2019s novel, <i>The Keep<\/i> takes place in a Romanian village where a forbidding stronghold housing an ancient evil is invaded by a new one. As the Nazis move in, the slumbering, sinewy <em>thing\u00a0<\/em>tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in its depths starts to worm its way out, preying on the desperation of Jewish prisoners and driving the townsfolk mad. Soon we learn that the demon\u2019s awakening has summoned another supernatural entity: a mysterious protector who is, of course, armed with a laser-sword.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is <em>The Keep<\/em> very, very weird. It is also a film that none of us will ever see.\u00a0Not really. The version of <em>The Keep\u00a0<\/em>that is currently circulating (if you can call it that) is so dissimilar from what its director intended that Mann almost flat-out refuses to talk about it. There are apocryphal rumors, but the gist is that a combination of studio meddling and gross negligence left <em>The Keep\u00a0<\/em>in a near-total state of physical and narrative disrepair.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a modern equivalent to the \u201clost films\u201d of early cinema, it is <em>The Keep.\u00a0<\/em>At times it is flat-out indecipherable, both visually and narratively. Most prints of the film look like they were yanked from the mouth of a slobbering dog. While it is possible that Mann is partially to blame for the film failing to come together, it is impossible to watch it and not see the sticky fingerprints of studio execs in every second frame (which might account for the poor image quality).<\/p>\n<p>If you own a copy of <em>The Keep<\/em>, odds are you found it at the bottom of a well or in the ashes of a bonfire. And that\u2019s part of the film\u2019s appeal: when you watch <em>The Keep\u00a0<\/em>it feels as though you\u2019ve stumbled across a cursed VHS tape that someone tried and failed to destroy. Despite, and because of, all its messiness, <em>The Keep<\/em> really does feel like a waking dream: from its fuzzy logic, passionate heel-turns, and unforgettable, strikingly nightmarish imagery.<br \/>The dreaminess of\u00a0<em>The Keep<\/em> is especially uncanny because, as Mann himself states in the interview clip below, capturing a dream-like feel was always his intention. Whether the more esoteric parts of the released cut of the film were in fact intentional is something only Mann knows. And he\u2019s not talking. So for the sake of diplomacy, let\u2019s call it a happy accident.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his dreamy aspirations for\u00a0<em>The Keep,<\/em> Mann also discusses, in a glorious Chicago accent, how he fell into filmmaking by taking a supposed throw-away cinema studies course, how his experience in documentary filmmaking sharpened his ear for dialogue, and how he parlayed his first directorial gig.<\/p>\n<p>Watch \u201c<strong>Michael Mann on filmmaking, the power of dreams &amp; THE KEEP in 1983 interview<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=itOJqduauUM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=itOJqduauUM<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This video comes to us courtesy of the Dutch-based film historians over at\u00a0<strong>Eyes on Cinema<\/strong>. Their\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtPx9e7WNFtvtHaAU6WqXlA\">YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealEOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter account <\/a>are essential follows for anyone interested in behind the scenes footage, interviews, and other contextual cinematic ephemera. 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