Heat. Already up to his knees in killers, rapists, bank robbers, and other deplorables, Lt. Hanna finds his greatest challenge yet in career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), whose recent armored car heist has put him square in Hanna’s crosshairs. McCauley and his team (including Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo) are good, Hanna thinks. Probably the best he’s ever seen. It’s going to take more sacrifices to his already-strained personal life — restless third wife Justine (Diane Venora) and troubled step-daughter Lauren (Natalie Portman) — to take down this crew before they pull off their biggest score yet.
That’s just Hanna’s story, of course. Heat is a complex movie. Where do you want to start, Adam?
Adam: Heat might have been my most anticipated All Pacino. Like you, I think it’s fantastic. Let’s start with the hook of the movie, especially in 1995, which is the showdown between screen legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Though they had both played substantial roles in The Godfather Part II, Heat was the first movie where they shared screen time with one another. It’s a smart decision by the filmmakers to bank on their admiration of each other from afar and embed that into their characters. One of my favorite parts of Heat is the professional fandom Hanna and McCauley have for their opponent. I also love the workaday details of both the criminal and police element. Just like in Thief, it’s obvious that Michael Mann is well-versed in these worlds and it’s our good fortune as an audience that he’s also an incredible director and solid storyteller. Does this movie have a few convenient coincidences? Sure, but it hardly matters. That would be like criticizing a Beatles album because one song has a lyric you don’t adore.
That’s just Hanna’s story, of course. Heat is a complex movie. Where do you want to start, Adam?
Adam: Heat might have been my most anticipated All Pacino. Like you, I think it’s fantastic. Let’s start with the hook of the movie, especially in 1995, which is the showdown between screen legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Though they had both played substantial roles in The Godfather Part II, Heat was the first movie where they shared screen time with one another. It’s a smart decision by the filmmakers to bank on their admiration of each other from afar and embed that into their characters. One of my favorite parts of Heat is the professional fandom Hanna and McCauley have for their opponent. I also love the workaday details of both the criminal and police element. Just like in Thief, it’s obvious that Michael Mann is well-versed in these worlds and it’s our good fortune as an audience that he’s also an incredible director and solid storyteller. Does this movie have a few convenient coincidences? Sure, but it hardly matters. That would be like criticizing a Beatles album because one song has a lyric you don’t adore.
Pulp Fiction), and I may have it memorized, at this point. My favorite line reading is Al going, “No I do naaahht.” It’s like Tommy Wiseau with talent.
Adam: I love the scene. I wish it were longer. It’s a long movie so I wish this scene took more advantage of the extra time. It’s one of those great movie moments where the director, the actors and the audience all want this scene so bad and it delivers. My favorite part is when Hanna confides in McCauley about how messed up his stepdaughter is by her father. It’s the type of thing you’re more comfortable telling to a stranger or a psychologist than a close confi&t or spouse. Just another good, interesting detail. I want Hanna and McCauley to have a podcast together. Anything else you want to say about Heat? Mark Ahn for me obviously.
Adam: I love the scene. I wish it were longer. It’s a long movie so I wish this scene took more advantage of the extra time. It’s one of those great movie moments where the director, the actors and the audience all want this scene so bad and it delivers. My favorite part is when Hanna confides in McCauley about how messed up his stepdaughter is by her father. It’s the type of thing you’re more comfortable telling to a stranger or a psychologist than a close confi&t or spouse. Just another good, interesting detail. I want Hanna and McCauley to have a podcast together. Anything else you want to say about Heat? Mark Ahn for me obviously.
first pieces for F This Movie! was a little dissection of the movie’s themes of loneliness and loose ends, so I’ll just direct our readers to that and close by saying that Heat rules. It rules so hard that I put the Blu-ray in my player, pressed play, and stood in front of my TV for the first half hour without even consciously realizing it. I got lost in Heat right away — a movie I’ve seen at least ten to fifteen times now — which is all I can ask for. What are we tackling next week?
Adam: Next week we’re going to take a look back at Reserved Seating 2018 - go over the highlights, the memes, talk about reviews we stand by, what we’d re-do, etc. It’ll be fun! Until next time…
Rob: These seats are reserved.
Adam: Next week we’re going to take a look back at Reserved Seating 2018 - go over the highlights, the memes, talk about reviews we stand by, what we’d re-do, etc. It’ll be fun! Until next time…
Rob: These seats are reserved.
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