![]() Takedown (and he later produced a television series called Robbery Homicide Division that was essentially a TV version of Heat, with the film's co-star Tom Sizemore in the Al Pacino role). Heat, in fact, had its roots in television-the script was a reworking of Mann's 1989 TV movie L.A. He had directed several films previous to this one (including the hit Last of the Mohicans and Manhunter, the first film to feature the character of Hannibal Lecter), but he was best known for his extensive work in television, specifically as the producer of the slick but seminal Miami Vice. ![]() ![]() That is perhaps the defining moment of Michael Mann's brilliant 1995 crime picture Heat, the moment where we fully grasp exactly what Mann is up to that he is no mere stylist, but a true-blue filmmaker with a gift of using his considerable visual talents at the service of a genuinely compelling and intelligent story. ![]()
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