Heat Nick James

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Nick, author.

Series:

BFI film classics

BFI Film Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat (Motion picture : 1995).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 pages)

Edition:

2nd edition

Distribution:

London Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2025

Place of Publication:

London British Film Institute 2025

System Details:

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Summary:

Robert de Niro and Al Pacino have acted opposite each other only once, in Heat, Michael Mann's operatic 1995 heist thriller. De Niro is Neil McCauley, a skilled professional thief at the centre of a tight-knit criminal team; Pacino is Vincent Hanna, the haunted, driven cop determined to hunt him down. Boasting a series of meticulously orchestrated setpieces that underline Mann's sense of scale and architecture, Heat also presents a rhapsody to Los Angeles, as Hanna closes in on his prey. For Nick James, the pleasures and virtues of Heat are mixed and complex. Its precise compositions and minimalist style are entangled with a particular kind of extravagant bombast. And while its vision of male teamwork is richly compelling it comes close to glorifying machismo. But these complexities only add to the interest of this hugely ambitious and accomplished film, which confirmed Mann's place in the front rank of American film-makers. In his afterword to this new edition, published to coincide with the film's 30th anniversary, Nick James reflects upon its lasting impact and on Michael Mann's subsequent film-making career

Contents:

Acknowledgements 1. Heat - A Bully of a Film 2. Michael Mann - Styling the Bad Thing 3. 'The action is the juice' 4. Blue Interlude 5. Drinking in the Dark 6. Face to Face 7. Concrete Canyons 8. Los Angeles Appendix - L.A. Takedown Afterword to the 2025 edition Notes Credits

Other Format:

9781839027895 James, Nick Heat

Print version: James, Nick Heat

ISBN:

9781839027925

OCLC:

1500647498

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