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Two film lovers celebrate Heat's 30th anniversary by digging into what makes Mann's crime epic still hit hard.
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In this episode
- Why Heat's obsessive professionalism on both sides of the law still resonates
- The women in Heat who deserved far more than the film gave them
- A case for why Heat being shut out of the Oscars was a genuine injustice
- A current awards-season pick worth adding to your watchlist
About this episode
It might be freezing out there, but this episode is sure to warm you up! Mark welcomes new friend and film fiend Dallas Walters (@_filmfiend_) from California on the show to ride through LA and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Mann's crime epic Heat. Move over Pacino and De Niro - we got Parker and Walters talking about obsession and professionalism, toxic bromance, the great women who are tossed aside, creepy long-haired psychos, and that moving Moby ending. How did this movie get 0 Oscar noms?! Speaking of Oscars, Dallas has high hopes for his fave One Battle After Another. Shout-out to the parents out there who got their kids interested in movies!
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About Release Date Rewind
Movie nerd, filmmaker, and anniversary celebrator Mark J. Parker brings a friend on each episode to discuss movies (and sometimes TV shows) that are hitting milestone anniversaries of release that month. Think 20th anniversary, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, you get it!
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