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The handheld camera brings immediacy to some scenes in the trailer (such as Dillinger waving to people while he's being taken to jail). Me, I'm just personally glad Mann changed his mind and actually used a different cinematographer to shoot on film for this movie. It'd look anachronistic, to say the least, not to mention cheap.
Mann's usage of digital really hindered the look of Miami Vice and Collateral, you could see the digital noise in the darkly-lit scenes (even though you get better black levels than you can on film).
Its weird because Benjamin Button uses a digital camera but it looks like film. That's the main reason why digital HD cameras are not the norm (yet) because they have yet to achieve the 'film' look, with rich textures and depth. Ben Button achieved that for the most part (though it looked cold sometimes. Can't say why).
So it's funny how Mann doesn't want THAT film look and rather go with the 4-5 year old cam-corder visuals that other filmmakers look down upon. The cam corder look is great for indie movies like Baghead and Hannah Takes the Stairs though.


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