Last month, I released my third book, “The Black Book: An Anthony Mann Reader.” (You can order your copy here.)

To celebrate a month of Mann madness, here’s a very special unloved on “A Dandy in Aspic,” the great director’s final film, the last of the Anthony Mann B movies, and a beautiful haunting object it is. Enjoy this look at a true final film, a spy caper in which the central identity crisis comes to reflect the death of its maker. 

Scout Tafoya

Scout Tafoya is a critic and filmmaker who writes for and edits the arts blog Apocalypse Now and directs both feature length and short films.

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