The Criterion Collection has released a short clip from an exclusive video interview with actor James Caan which is included on the Blu-ray release of Michael Mann's classic crime film
Thief (1981).
Synopsis: The revered American auteur Michael Mann burst out of the gate with his bold artistic sensibility fully formed with
Thief, his first theatrical feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most riveting performances, as a no-nonsense ex-con safecracker planning to leave the criminal world behind after one final diamond heist, but discovering that escape is not as simple as he hoped. Finding hypnotic beauty in neon and rain-slick streets, sparks and steel, Thief effortlessly established the moody stylishness and tactile approach to action that would define such later iconic entertainments from Mann as
Miami Vice, Manhunter, and
Heat.
You can see our listing and review of Criterion's Blu-ray release of
Thief here.