90'S GRAB BAG: Heat (1995)
“Well you know, for me, the action is the juice.”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of assault weapons, gunfire, tactical weapons, guns, shootouts, robbery, crime, depression, sex workers, murder, grisly death.
This is one of those movies that everyone tells you to see, and yet so many people probably haven’t seen it. But wow, was it worth the wait. The maestro of crime dramas, Michael Mann, took nearly 15 years to make his magnum opus, and he barely missed. In fact, our biggest complaint about this movie is that we wanted more, more than the 2 hours and 50 minutes of run time to be able to explore even more of the characters and world Mann created. And if that’s not enough, this film dared to pit two modern legends in opposing roles, and did so with deftness, thoughtfulness, and subtlety - something that can be harder to come by in other Pacino and DeNiro movies. Be ready to drop everything in 30 seconds as we discuss Heat this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..
Excerpt taken from “Armenia,” written and performed by Einstürzende Neubauten. Copyright 1983 Some Bizarre Ltd.
Excerpts taken from the film Heat are © 1995 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Hey Man Nice Shot,” written by Richard Patrick and performed by Filter. Copyright 1995 Reprise Records.
