John Dillinger

Below is my review of "PUBLIC ENEMIES", Michael Mann's 2009 movie about the last Jahr of Depression era bank robber John Dillinger's life:


"PUBLIC ENEMIES" (2009) Review

I must admit that when I first heard about Michael Mann’s plans to film a movie about Depression-era bank robber, John Dillinger, I became excited. It was not the subject that roused my interest. But I found the idea of Mann shooting a movie set during the height of the Great Depression – 1933 to 1934 – rather interesting. It has become a period in U.S. history that has caught my interest in the past eight years. And the...