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That wouldn't normally be my type of film, but it's a Michael Mann film, so it's done better. It's still a very Hollywood "two big movie stars face off" film, but it's better than most of them. The scenes most fans rave about are
- De Niro and Pacino meeting for coffee
- The police detectives being tricked into gathering in one place so that the criminals know who they all are
- The shoot-out at the end of the bank robbery. Military types (and wannabees) make a particular fetish of that one because it's apparently one of the most realistic firefights in film; for a while it was shown to U.S. Marine recruits fresh out of base camp, until somebody realised that using even fictional bank robbers as training material didn't look so good.
Michael Mann's record is hardly perfect (I mean, "The Keep"), but he's done several where I was surprised how good they were compared to my expectations when I went in. If you haven't seen "Collateral", do.
- De Niro and Pacino meeting for coffee
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Yeah I read at the bank robbery they were allowed to use live ammo (obviously still blanks, but real gunshot noises) and the sound is all recorded live rather than overdubbed with bang bang sounds so the echoes around the streets and buildings sound absolutely terrifying
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I quite enjoyed The Keep in a very strange, absolutely incomprehensible way. That's not to say it's good.
Mann has done some bangers. Manhunter, Thief are great. I enjoyed Collateral and Miami Vice as well. Some stinkers in the mix for sure though. Public Enemies is one that comes to mind.
n3il
ltc
Watched Heat yesterday for the first time in quite a while.
Watched it when it came out in the ABC in Croydon when I was 13 - we managed to get into 15s there. Also remember seeing 12 Monkeys the same year.
It didn’t make a huge impression on me. Mostly as I was young and dumb and was comparing to stuff like Goodfellas and Scarface, so the noirishness of it was totally lost then, as it was less so in the proceeding years, but not at all now. Loved every second of it.
This scene and especially the music totally rules.
https://youtu.be/2YZ6E7hn45g?si=Y4o8TAUX-ePiF4P4