VIDEO: Bryan Burrough on Public Enemies  While researching
Public Enemies, his masterful 2004 account of the gangster wars
that transfixed the nation in the 1930s, contributing editor
Bryan Burrough trawled through millions of pages of F.B.I.
reports and countless Midwestern newspapers, retracing the steps
of John Dillinger and his acolytes. With Michael Mann’s big-
screen adaptation of the book (starring V.F. cover boy Johnny
Depp!) hitting theaters, Burroughs tells VF Daily how the tommy-
gun toters changed the country, and how closely the movie
adheres to history.