Heat: The Perfect Blend of Realism and Style
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Luis M. García Mainar, “Generic Hybridity, Style and Film Noir in Michael Mann’s Heat” (via The University of Zaragoza) 1995
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Wael Khairy, “Film Analysis: Michael Mann’s ‘HEAT’’ (via The Cinephile Fix) 2011
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Wael Khairy, “Crime In The Emptiness of Los Angeles” (via Far Flung Correspondents) 2011
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Heat confuses me to watch because it looks SO modern yet all the actors are (obviously) much older now. It's like a real-life time machine, and a nearly perfect movie.
Ethan Megenis-Clarke Just shows how timeless the movie is, and also film is better than digital cameras
it depends. film cameras, of course, gives you that cinematic tone, grainy look and as an audience, you can immediately feel intimacy with the film. But film cameras don't have a depth of field and in the low light digital cameras are way better. You can change film speed, of course, analog cameras can pull multiple stops but it will affect image contrast. Anyways, there is no better only what you desire, what you need and how masterful you are. At end of the day it's about the craft and your vision not the cameras.
A good comparison is another Michael Mann movie: collateral.
It was shot entirely on digital and also in LA and creates a very different look and feel via the coldness of digital vs the warmth of film as seen in Heat.
fuck yah, I am still watching: "take off your shirt!".
I agree. It has more to do with those behind the camera because some of the best cinematographers of our time have switched to digital, and while it's allowed them to be more flexible in how they light and shoot, the quality of work and image is just as fantastic as when they used film. Examples being Roger Deakins, Bruno Delbonnel and Emmanuel Lubezki.
_Heat_ is one of those movies I knew I would like from the first minute. Still one of my favorites. Great analysis! Mann is a visionary.
True. I don't know what it it. Right from the second I saw Robert De Niro get off that train, something told me this was going to be really really good.
Excellent comment. I felt the same way. Mann is boundlessly talented, on par with Kubrick.
@@Scottdrruryiphone finally, someone praising mann with the confidence i wish i had xD. cheers!
Agreed
Saw this film at the movie theater EIGHT TIMES. Enough said. #HEAT
Alan Roger Currie #Heat
me too, but paid once - Boston
Alan Roger Currie you ever notice how th3y never show pacino and deniro in same scene
Alan Roger Currie ohhhhh, you said enough said, so that means you must be 100% correct.
Love your stuff this movie was a masterpiece
Whats amazing about Mann films, is that every frame of every shot, is a gallery worthy photograph.
THIS
Well...i kept taking screenshots as I was watching the movie lol
To me, "Heat", up to this day, is the best cop-crime-drama ever made. This movie is perfect, except for a few lines (Pacino's wife) that seem to stem from some movie straight from the 1950's
Good video, Nerdwriter. By the way: Thanks for not using Arial!
I see tons of top 100 lists without this in them. Personally, it's comfortably inside the top 10, maybe 5.
now that you mention. I don't recall Heat on any top list. Tragic loss is our gain.
Flame and Citron was great Swedish film. Heat is that good. It's the whole work, the long shots and score. You are missing the point.
I like how he took his TV! 😂 😂 😂
The greatest crime drama ever made.
Brah Sumatra 📽️
What people don't know is that Heat is a remake, It is almost a shot for shot, word for word remake of a made for TV movie called LA Takedown. Also directed by Michael Mann.
The greatest "none Mob related" crime drama ever made.
Hahahaahah.... Hilarious final scene. Over dramatic constantly, nice try though!
This one and Goodfellas, my two favorites.
One of the most underrated movies ever. A near perfect film, I can watch this every day and not get tired of it.
It's not underrated at all. It's highly regarded as an excellent film.
@@christopherkotsopoulos701 oscars had 0 nominations for this. It's a shame
@@Aman-nk5uq The Academy has always been clueless, Heat was ahead of it time
So can I lol
Well said mate. Wouldn’t say HEAT is underrated however, the best Crime-Drama film nonetheless!
"Look at me, LOOK AT ME"
Lieutenant Prick Joker?
Lol... Waynegrow
After breaking the character's nose, DeNiro commands him to look at him as the bullet exits his gun. You temporarily lose your vision when your nose is broken. He wants him to see that bullet that will kill him. Reminds one a bit of the scene in 'Scarface' when Pacino executes the drug dealer in front of the Miami hotel. Much in the same manner, the victim will see that bullet that will kill him.
My life feels so satisfied for having watched Heat. Its a pity these kinda movies are hard to come by nowadays.
HEAT is right up there with "The Godfather", "Goodfellas", and "Scarface"
Imo Scarface isn't in their league. Great film but Godfather Goodfellas and Heat are masterpieces
nah bro. fuck those meatball ass films. heat. pure style. deniro owns a sushi restaurant
Francis ford Coppola didn't like heat though ☹️
Both Heat & Scarface aren’t on Godfather or Goodfellas level
Heat has cool style and scenes, but at the end of the day the plot wasn't very realistic and the characters were mostly assholes that I couldn't care much for
Great clip. BMW 850i in the movie I remembered thatsince I saw it in cinema.
Fascinating analysis. I have always thought the similarities between Pacino and De Niro's characters serve as the basis for Heat's themes. I love how you analysed the way both these characters close their respective doors on the social images and customs that they have to uphold and break out to embrace their emotions and identities. I love the scene where the police is watching De Niro on one of their heists and Pacino is looking at the camera and then De Niro immediately stares back at the camera too almost giving the impression of a 4th wall break with both staring at each other. It reminded me of the lyrics in the Sex Pistols song 'Holidays in the Sun' which goes - 'I'm looking over the wall[Berlin] and they're looking back at me'.
But that coffee shop scene is a just a master class on how to exude power and authority while just sitting and talking.
never realized how much went behind this movie.......HEAT forever
Mann is a master of making the location a main character itself. Heat is the flagship example of this talent.
When I was a kid I used to root for Pacino watching this. As I grew up I started identifying with De Niros character. I'm not really good with words or into reviewing stuff other than to myself but the movie has aged with me really well is what I am trying to say.
Interesting take! It's the other way around for me actually
I take from both. The greatest actors from the old school
Man, the way you arrange this speech of yours and the introduction and the conclusion and the way you align it with the background sound, all the more makes you sound like a film-maker commending another film-maker.
There is absolutely nothing to unlike in ‘Heat’ at all. It’s absolutely fantastic. Why it doesn’t get mentioned more is beyond me.
I just watched it for the first time & I wondered to myself how the hell have I never watched this? I only knew about through random comments. I’m about to be 30. I feel like watching this back in the day would of blew my mind. I still loved it though. I appreciate certain elements more than I would of back then since I’m older now though.
Now Heat is a masterpiece classic . Thank you so much for making this comment and observations
Probably the best film ever made in my opinion.
+SEEKER The Hitch approves
Your opinion is actually a FACT. Heat is thee best movie ever made!!!
lol keep seeking... but f you like this movie, you will have a huge amount of titles to also like
The Irish Scenery Channel like what?!
The Godfather
It's a good feeling of relief when you find the right words to describe something or a feeling. you taught me what noir films are, camera lens, an a lot more in less than 8 minutes. I knew those things but I didn't know the words to describe them. I'm much obliged.
keep it coming, and from the bottom of my heart i salute you.
80s and 90s were the golden age of cinema. Nowdays what we get is crap full of CGI with weak plots or mediocre reboots-prequels-sequels-remake....... There is a enormous lack of new ideas since 15 years...maybe more.
thats bullshit remakes have been made for almost a hundred years now and have been as present in the 80s as today. masterpieces are still made today like in the 80s. dont fool yourself
Stop watching that crap and look for better movies.
Look for movies from smaller independent studios A24, Bleecker Street, Bold Films, etc.
It's all boring. Hollywood is toilet today. Shouldn't even be called Hollywood.
@@basitk12 Stop bitching and moaning. There was crap then and crap now, there are also good movies then and now. Nothing fucking changed, you just like complaining.
I LOVE the way the camera catches the car at 3:20.
Mind-blowing it was
The reason a film like this will NEVER be imitated or made again is that this was a film that took Michael Mann 20 years to make, after he’d researched and known the real characters who inspired parts of this story. Mann has lived it.
Came here from 2.020 and man!, that's a long time following you! Always a pleasure revisiting this videos
This one is one of my favorites!
This movie was ahead of it's time. I remember when it first came out thinking it was awesome, but it wasn't a big hit. It reminded me of Blade Runner. A classic movie that was ahead of it's time. If it had been released in 1999 or 2000 I think it would have been huge. One of the movies that is still amazing years later.
Brother, you doing this about “Heat” just made me a fan. I could watch this movie on permanent rotation. All hail to Mann.
The sound in the shootout makes me watch this movie again and again.
In Heat, I loved and understood both the criminal and the cop. All I wanted was for the two of them to meet and talk, which normally doesn't happen on any kind of realistic level in movies. You get the "good guy" and "bad guy", but they never get to have a real, honest conversation. But Heat delivered! I was so happy.
@ Nerdwitter - You are a true fan of cinema, one can tell by how you explain all those technicalities from the movie and what details you're able to catch from the film. You really know what you are talking about. Great video, kudos!
I'll admit, I don't fully understand what is being expressed here - the conclusion, primarily. But seeing as HEAT is a masterpiece and I'd like to further my enjoyment of it; could someone briefly explain in layman's terms?
What I got from this - Nerdwriter is stating that Mann's use of style and realism modernized the noir genre, while still acknowledging and respecting the classic tropes. And the conclusion was meant to explain the film's success in doing what noir films are supposed to do: show both the bad and good sides of society and examine how closely related they actually are.
Thank you.
Yeah, it is rather convoluted & unnecessarily complex. Shouldn't need to view something multiple times over to get the end message; this is a fail in my book.
L.A. November 2019
It's too indirectly stated, but he is getting at the thematic structure of private eye(more so than police detective/police procedural) stories. The classics almost always submerge the protagonist in the filth and corruption of rich and poor alike, from the wealthy to the petty thugs and official lackeys they pay off and corrupt, to the point that they become morally indistinguishable.
The private eye, though, maintains his moral code, dragging himself out of the muck of both high and low places against great difficulty and often great temptation, back into what passes for a "normal" life in the ocean of corruption that is "the way we live now." Think of the end of The Maltese Falcon, ,where Bogie turns away the offer of love and turns Elsa in. There may be no one who appreciates the private eye's journey and harsh resolve but he himself -- in fact most of the people he meets want to kill or corrupt him or keep him silent. But his experience is that there is no higher moral ground held by anyone, and that he has to craft his own moral identity. Because he can look to no one for guidance or approval. All around him, rich or poor, respected or despised ... they're not so far apart, are they? Morally corrupt or easily corruptible, holding to no code but self advantage.
This video is much too indirect in not elaborating on these themes common to the genre. But he is on the right track and not making things up or trying to sound mysterious or more clever than he really is. The underside of life really isn't that different from its glossy surfaces or supposed heights. There are worms in tuxedos just as much as in filthy backstreets. Like the two main characters in Heat, they are two side of the same coin.
What would have really been interesting is if the video creator would have talked about what that coin really is a bit more. He hints at the truer and more deep theme of men being unable to define themselves except as what they do, and how that hollows out their souls. It's lonely to only be something that does, never something that knows much else about how to be. Virtually every major character in the movie is maladjusted. Some, like the two leading women, are trying to construct lives, even if it means by cheating on their partners with other men. The men hardly know how to even try. Our robber takes a stab at it, but can't hold on. He slips into vengeance. Our cop gives up almost from the start and all too readily. Both men have found no true solace in life, but can each recognize in each other the frenetic, meticulous doing, the same driven loneliness and turning away from an inner life..
I love that scene with DeNiro outside the hospital where he looks Edie in the eye and decides to walk away. When you, the viewer, heard him say the thing about the 30 seconds earlier in the movie. Heartbreaking.
Oh man i love this movie.
Thank you for making this video about one of the best crime dramas ever in film. Nice to see someone else appreciate just how good that movie is.
I always loved that DeNiro & Amy Brenneman first see each other at the Art+Architecture store & then do the Michael Mann version of a "meet cute" at The Broadway Deli.
I haven't been to the 3RD Street Promenade in years, so I suspect both those places are long since gone, but, at the time that was some really cool attention to detail.
The movie when I first watched it, it brings me a whole lot a different point of view on the world. Mann’s dark, intense, gulpy, noir film had brought me to a brand new self. The movie showed me about the darkness of the world, because no matter how much and how beautiful the world is, there is always a drip of pain drip, dripping on the land of Mother Earth, the movie represents the reality that was once and until today still existed.
Heat is 25 years old. I saw it in the theatre, and prolly 100 times since and still till this day (jan 2020) I still get excited during scene’s in this movie. Its in my to 10.
on the score side, it is the hauntingly beautiful guitar work of Terje Rypdal that is most memorable to me. It took a couple viewings until it dawned on me, that this wasn't just a heist movie, but five love relationship portrayals in the frame of a thriller, director Michael Mann said it is a drama, right. Must have seen "Heat" 50+ times, never get tired of it, of course i bought the dvd back then asap. That Movie is a timeless Masterpiece of Art.
I’ve. Ever seen the movie but just finished watching the café scene and my exact thought was how movie old heads would love isn’t boring and had enough style and interest to keep anyone’s attention.
the review is f*cking awesome, man, best thing i found lately on youtube. make moar.
Heat impressed me with its great complexity, which is delivered in a clear and effective way. You got to appreciate a film that isn't afraid to be densely layered with characters and subplots.
Its April 27, 2021. Ive watch this movie in 1995 . Still watch it this day of pandemic 😷 ! 🇺🇸 GOOD MOVIE ! Never got tired of the action ! 👍🏻
Just discovered your channel and thought everything was well done, then discovered THIS video, and now know you're the real deal.
You can't talk movies until you've seen Heat
The greatest film I've ever seen. Still.
One of my all time favorite films. This one usually only gets recognized for its stunning shoot-out scene, which for me still stands as one of the most realistic ever shot for a feature film; but overall is a great film that totally works as both drama and crime thriller. Kudos.
I love your videos, Heat is one of my all time faves! CLASSIC!
damn.. you nailed. its the lens.. i wonder why i always feels like i am watching the scene from far especially the scene when they hit the armored trucks where the view was like from a candid which give the viewer feels they are watching the accident from distant
As well as the leads the movie also had well portrayed side characters as well like Waingrow and van zant.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS NO NONSENSE REVIEW OF ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE FILMS , POINTING OUT THE SCENE OF DE NIROS MALIBU APARTMENT & THE 1967 PAINTING BY ALEX COLVILLE "PACIFIC " I JUST WISHED YOUD HAVE MADE THIS LONGER POINTING OUT EVEN MORE COMPARISONS & MUSIC ECT . . .THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM BUT A COMPLEMENT ON YOUR WORK ON THIS THANK YOU AGAIN & PLEASE DO A PART 2
2016: an exciting year to come. Well, that's one way to put it....
My all-time favourite movie. Flawless cast, soundtrack, direction, plot, ending. Ahh, it's brilliant!
What really got to me about Heat is how much of an escape from reality it is and how much it sucks you in despite being such a realistically "styled" movie.
I think The Departed is a brilliant blend of psychological realism and very stylised shots.
Bro! This analysis of my absolute hands down favorite film of all time, & I do mean my absolute favorite was simply amazing!!! Would love to see some videos about my other favs: collateral, casino, goodfellas, American gangster, Brooklyn's finest, the town, yeah you can tell the kinds of movies I enjoy probably by this point (Mafia/crime & police procedural dramas). It's nice to see someone out there who understands HEAT on a level most people don't. It's not black & white cops vs robbers right vs wrong. That's some comic book superman vs bad guy crap. Heat is as real, gritty, & grey as they come. Collateral man, would love to see you analysis that film as its Michael manns other masterpiece in my Opinion. Take care, awesome video!
For those of you that like Heat, try watching Thief. It’s Michael Mann first full length film set in the early 80s. He uses Chicago as his canvas in this one. Let me know what you think. Gotta gonna watch Collateral.
Watched it back in 1996 in the theater,amazing movie ,one of the best in the crime genre.
Great job . I worked on the film and you did a nice summation
One of the movies, one never gets tired of watching again and again 😉
Miami Vice 2006 was an even better realisation of what Mann wanted to create. Amazing.
Nolan really inspired by this film on making The Dark Knight. He said that Heat not just telling about characters, but also telling the city. Can someone explain this to me, because I didn't really understand what does it mean.
Every major city will have its own unique essence which helps set the background on a script.
In order for anything to survive it doesn't need to innovate and experiment. It just has to be good.
You rock buddy! Thank you for your courage to make a living with your dream and not corporations. I'm running right beside you! HEAT is one of my favorite films of all time. I would love to hear your lesson on ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.
Holly Hell, I cannot believe I never got this legendary Moby music was a Joy Division "New Dawn fades" remix. The funny thing is that every time I watched this movie I knew I already listen to this music but not quite. Thank you so much for pointing this as Joy Division is one of very favorite bands of all time.
Best Channel ever for film edutainment
Thank you nerdwriter
The cinematography in this film was art (Dante Spinotti). We don't see films like this anymore. Except maybe 'Sicario' Cinematographer Roger Deakins / Villeneuve.
thanks for the video and comments
Michael Mann is a freaking genius
second time I'm watching first time commenting (ever) this is my favorite film of all time hands down and I really appreciate you breaking it down to a level that even I can think twice! 💋💋💢
Brilliant film. Literally just watched it. Was not expecting this at all man
It's really cool to watch this detailed analysis while reading the novel "Heat 2".
You absolutely killed it. Excellent stuff
This one of your best efforts. I've watched it many times. Thanks!
Just finished watching this movie for the first time. Amazing.
Favourite Film
I rewatched this movie yesterday, **** I miss good action movies like this one.
You watch it on starz?
Fire and movement personified perfectly !
Great description of this film. Well done.👏👏👏
I just discover this analysis few minutes ago...about one of my 5 favorite movies of all time!!
great moment again...very deep analysis and yet a nice montage too. thanks for this good moment.
to name them..no matter the order.
Heat by Michael Mann
7even by David Fincher
Platoon by Oliver Stone
Terminator by James Cameron
Le Grand Bleu (big blue) by Luc Besson
special mention...True Detective season 1...and Fringe (series)
movies that affected me so deep...at their first viewing. and still make a real difference ..
immense man, love this movie so much and this video has made me appreciate it even more!
I love the unspoken vibe Robert De Niro had in the turnpike before the hotel scene at the end. Let go of the man he wants to kill or risk it all by taking him out.
Great commentary! I love this film. Saw on big screen - blew me away! Bob from Auckland New Zealand.
I really enjoyed this! Thanks for putting it together. HEAT is one of my all time favorites.
I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you for putting these videos out there for the rest of us fans. Keep up the great work. Look forward to seeing more.
Cheers!
“because Heat has a great cast!! And you got your head all the way up it!!”
The first time I saw this movie I thought this must have came out sometime near 2005 ..was shocked its 1995 film
one of the best movies made. Even the film on the cutting floor was probably gold.
I love your videos man... u make me more and more love the cinematography! ty brother from another father ;)
heat is one of those timeless movies
the greatest crime drama, probably Mann's best, with maybe the possible exception of Manhunter.
I came here via the film HEAT, but you mad me wanna sub you. So random for me, but....... a must. Amazing work.
separating something from the background is exactly what a long lens doesn't do.
Thanks for the content, it really helps me discover new films and media. Great work!
2 minutes in and I've already subscribed. Talk about quality content.
That was great. One of my favorite films of all time.
Supporting cast: Mr. Mann, don’t worry about paying me a salary, I’m just honored to have gotten the part.
Michael Mann: you will play the role of a dish washer
Supporting cast: thank you Mr Mann. I won’t let you down and to ensure my professional dishwasher skills look authentic, I’ve picked up a part time job doing dishes at IHOP
That’s how real and legit this movie is.
Congratulations on your success! Amazing videos, you really know what you are talking about..
0:59 Style & Function are inseparable so this is self-evident. In other words, it goes with out saying that a "telephoto lens" is both stylistic and functional. Every lens choice you make in filmmaking is a choice of both style and function.
See Sydney Lumet:
"Discussions of style as something totally detached from the content of the movie drive me mad. Form does follow function-in movies too. [...] Let me vent my anger first, so it’s out of the way. Critics talk about style as something apart from the movie because they need the style to be obvious. The reason they need it to be obvious is that they don’t really see. If the movie looks like a Ford or Coca-Cola commercial, they think that’s style. And it is. It’s trying to sell you something you don’t need and is stylistically geared to that goal. As soon as a “long lens” appears, that’s “style.” (A long lens photographs objects or people that are very far away and brings them up very close. But its focus is so shallow that everything in front of or behind the person or object is so blurred as to be unrecognizable. More on lenses later.)"
- Lumet, Sidney. Making Movies (pp. 49-50). Kindle Edition.
Now, I realize here you're arguing the style and function work in congruent in this film, but again, it *goes without saying* in ALL films.
Anyways, I appreciate your videos. That line just irked me a bit. Thank you for making stuff.
Excellent video, HEAT is so powerful that every shot means something to me.
Thanks!
Excellent vivisection, in-depth. Keep up the good work.
great presentation, great information, great work, overall.
That montage to the sound of the opening credits of Miami Vice is great! Did you make that yourself?