Off The Map

A Motion Picture Chronicling The Last Adventures Of Bank Robber John Dillinger (johnny Depp), Public Enemies Was Met With Much Bafflement Upon Its 2009 Release. Director Michael Manns Terse Storytelling And Unorthodox Use Of High-definition Digital Cameras Challenged Viewers' Familiarity With Hollywoods Historical Gangland Elegance While Highlighting Public Enemies' Own Place In A Medium--and Culture--undergoing Sweeping Technological Change. In Off The Map, Niles Schwartz Immerses Us In Manns Representation Of Dillinger, A Subject Increasingly Aware Of His Own Role As A Romanticized Frontier Folk Hero, In Flight From An Enveloping Bureaucratic System.