Re Pieter's weigh-in one *Heat*:
"I agree a 100 %, a kind of modern classic with the also
excellent 'L.A. Takedown' as a companion piece: a pity
Michael Mann isn't mentioned. He
*wrote* the film, didn't he?"
Wrote and directed, in fact. He did the same for *Manhunter*
which, in many ways, I consider to be superior to the sequel,
*Silence of the Lambs*.
One thing about *Heat* that struck me (and I'm surprised no
one else noticed this) is how similar DeNiro's character is
to Richard Stark's Parker. Same ultra-professional attitude.
Same phillosophy. Same loyalty to colleagues. Same
ruthlessness. Same sort of relationships with women. Kilmer's
character, handsomer, younger, looser in the application of
professional standards struck me as very similar to Grofield.
Even the set-up of DeNiro's world, parallel to but outside of
regular society, with a network of communication lines, etc.
(Voight's character struck me as similar to Handy McKay), and
the grandiose nature of the scores seemed right out of
Richard Stark. I remember thinking that Stark might have had
at least the ghost of a chance of suing for copyright
infringement.
JIM DOHERTY
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