Miami Vice by Steven Sanders - 9780814334195

Miami ViceAuthor(s): Steven Sanders\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Wayne State University Press, United States\nImprint: Wayne State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814334195, 978-0814334195\nSynopsis\nThere may be no more iconic image of mid-1980s network television than Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs speeding down Biscayne Boulevard in Crocketts sleek black Ferrari on Miami Vice. With its unprecedented $[url] million-per-episode budget and executive producer Michael Mann at the helm, Miami Vice brought feature film production values to prime time and redefined the television police drama. In Miami Vice author Steven Sanders argues that the shows themes, narratives, visual realization, and sound design created a new standard of crime television that has its roots in classic film noir and neo-noir.\n\nIn chapter 1 Sanders describes the social, political, and cultural background that led Anthony Yerkovich, creator of Miami Vice, and Mann to use Miami and its beaches not merely as a b.