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Heat (1995) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-02-19 06:00:06
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Hey everyone! Another heist movie is under my belt and this is based on a true story?! So fun, can't wait to read up on that. Click here to watchalong with me. Looking forward to discussing this one!

PS. The edit for this isn't going to go on the channel until the week of Feb 26 because of how long the runtime is.

Cheers,

✦ KL

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Tyler Foster

A movie like Heat may not immediately make you think "true story journalism drama," but my favorite film directed by Michael Mann is the 1999 film The Insider. I'm sure, like many people, you probably saw those Truth ads in the mid-2000s with the guy with the electrolarynx singing, "you don't always die from tobacco..." Much of what we publicly know about the addictive chemicals in cigarettes was because of a whistleblower named Jeffrey Wigand, who was fired from Brown and Williamson for refusing to put dangerous additives into cigarettes. The Insider is about the fight to get his story out. A great movie, which was nominated for seven Oscars. My journalism teacher in high school showed to it to her students every year, and it's a masterpiece.

Tyler Foster

When you edit the movie, I think you could come away with a deeper understanding of some of the character dynamics at play, especially near the beginning, mostly with regard to Neil. Now, of course, you don't have to root for Neil and his crew, and of course, maybe you thought about all of this and just didn't say anything, which is fine, but it's interesting that your end review was largely focused on Vincent and his team. Neil may not be a good guy, but one thing the movie is trying to establish early on is the difference between Neil, who is a professional, and Waingro, who is a psychopath. Neil hates it when Waingro kills the guards in the opening heist, because it's unnecessary and messy (and it turns out to be the thing that gets Vincent onto his tail in the first place). I think that Neil sincerely loves Eady and would be there for her if they were able to escape, but they aren't, because Neil can't stand the thought of letting Waingro go. Similar things are happening with Charlene and Chris. When Neil barges into the room after catching Charlene with Alan, he appears physically threatening at first, and of course no other person has to like the idea of the deal he gives her to give Chris one last chance, but I think the important thing for the scene is that a) he means it and b) she recognizes that and respects it. Earlier, you see Neil and Chris talking, and Chris says that "the sun rises and sets with her, man," and Neil listens to that. He also learns that Chris has no idea about Alan, so in that moment he is thinking about his team and how he needs Chris to function in order for the group to function. Chris is a gambler and a hothead, but I think ultimately (even if it's not the most healthy relationship), they really do care about one another. Overall, I think this stuff serves to make the criminals nuanced in a similar way to the cops. Vincent and Neil have mirroring problems with connection and having a life away from what drives them, Vincent because it's horrible and as he says, he needs his angst to stay sharp, and Neil because he is not a trusting person and because he has that mantra about walking out on everything if it seems like he's going to get caught. (Also, FWIW, as I mentioned in my reply above, I think Vincent's relationship with Lauren is better than his relationship with Justine, because the person he is to Lauren is a father figure, and he's doing much better than her actual father by being there even 10% of the time.)