The Michael Mann Shower

My review is forthcoming, but here's an amusing passage from an AICN review of Miami Vice:

My one complaint, which is going to sound odd, is that I didn’t like the sex scenes in the film. Not that I was offended by them in any way – just that they seemed to come out of nowhere at times when I’d much rather be immersed in the story. And I’d just like to point out that I shower every god damned day of my life. Every day. These guys, they shower like once every three weeks – and every time they do, some beautiful naked woman strolls in to interrupt. Seriously, Mann.

Pretty accurate, I'd say. Meanwhile, A.O. Scott does a little bit of the old reporting and digs up this fun stat:

The actual operating budget for the Miami police department in fiscal year 2005 was around $100 million, a good $50 million less than the reported production costs of “Miami Vice.”