![]() ![]() The cinematography and sound were adjusted by the rise of the New Wave culture giving it a fresh vibe while the Art Deco revival made it easier to differentiate Miami from other cities. The images mentioned above go beyond the ‘MTV Cops’ as ‘Miami Vice’ was described but are more akin to the works of Italian maestro Michelangelo Antonioni (The Eclipse, 1962), in the way he shot landscapes and spatial relationships between characters, but aimed for America’s mainstream audiences. James “Sonny” Crockett (Don Johnson) who pays attention to the street while fixing his hair, the background sound is completely removed while Phil Collins’ ‘In the Air Tonight’ (1981) plays in what would become part of TV history as the most memorable scene of 80’s quintessence, the ‘Miami Vice’ (1984 – 1989) series which was created by Anthony Yerkovich and has legendary film auteur Michael Mann as executive producer.Ī moment so remarkable, that it got tied to an already powerful song and years later the same track is still used in TV ads, series, videogames, movies, sports events and so on, to the point it became a cultural standard from the top of my head, I recall the series ‘Halo’ trailer with Collins’ creation. Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) looks over to his partner Det. Ripping through concrete under the night sky of Miami in a black Ferrari Daytona Spyder, Det.
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