Collateral

35mm Presentation. Michael Mann’s textured urban thriller transpires one sleepless Los Angeles night, its luminous stretch populated by a blur of headlights and a vast skyline overhead. Hailed by silver-haired Vincent (Tom Cruise), cab driver Max (Jamie Foxx) becomes an unwilling participant in a contract killer’s pre-ordained schedule of five stops—each with an intended target—before the night is out. An expert showcase of Mann’s mastery of the genre, Collateral shapes up to be a piercing tête-à-tête between Cruise’s ruthless and calculating Vincent and Foxx’s neurotic Max. With its mix of innovative, grainy high definition and 35mm formats, coupled with noisy, low-light cinematography, Mann’s lucid nightmare renders the aching transience of his characters, torn asunder and drifting through an ambient cityscape, as they barrel into the unknown with each interminable stop.

Dir. Michael Mann, 2004, 120 min., 35mm, color. With Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith. 

Part of Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan
Oct 9—18, 2025

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