Heat turns 25 this year. So grab your handguns, hockey masks, and head back to Los Angeles. It's hard to believe, but before 1995, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino had never been on screen together. Sure, they were both in The Godfather: Part II, but they never chewed the scenery together. At that point, each was vying to be known as the best actor in the world. That sort of ethos perfectly fit the characters they were going to portray. Heat is a cops and robbers story that probably would have felt at home in 1970s cinema as much as it felt in 1995. It's dark and brooding, 170 minutes long, but it never feels like a pause happens. The movie came from Michael Mann, who had stunned audiences with The Last of the Mohicans. He's an underrated director whose career is filled with movies that don't go appreciated at the time of their release. Heat is probably the most obvious of them. People remember the performances and that final gun battle, but did you know that the movie was nominated for zero Academy Awards? Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 16 December, 2020