Heat, by Michael Mann is one of the greatest crime films every made. Based largely off the real life confrontation between a Chicago detective by the name of Chuck Adamson and the real Neil McCauley, Heat is grippingly suspenseful and tense until the very end. It tells the story of a group of professional bank robbers, who start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. The movie is full of hidden meanings and deeper themes then what you automatically see on the surface. One of these deeper themes or meanings is the showcase of how lonely cops and criminals are, or anyone dedicated so immensely to their work can become or feel. Another brilliantly interesting and different aspect about this movie is its score.
Instead of giving the audience an introduction to the film and establishing things such as characters, locations, ect. The movie dives right into Robert De Niro’s character, Neil McCauley and his men pulling off a heist. Rather then go about the score the traditional Hollywood way, the composer, Goldenthal and the director Michael Mann decided to stick to a more conventional European mentality way. Rather than use a large …show more content…
What cool example is when Tom Sizemore’s character and Kevin Gage’s character are driving in the tow truck together and Sizemore’s character says “yeah, stop talking slick”. Right then there’s a weird little synth noise that’s kind of like a flare as Gage’s character removes his sunglasses and stares Sizemore down. I also think that it was a rather cool and fresh perspective on things to have the music sort of drop out during an action scene or collision so you would only hear the natural sounds, and then pick up afterwards with the music. The music did however react to the environment at the end when the ambulance blew up. That explosion completely cut of the music and it never returned after
Instead of giving the audience an introduction to the film and establishing things such as characters, locations, ect. The movie dives right into Robert De Niro’s character, Neil McCauley and his men pulling off a heist. Rather then go about the score the traditional Hollywood way, the composer, Goldenthal and the director Michael Mann decided to stick to a more conventional European mentality way. Rather than use a large …show more content…
What cool example is when Tom Sizemore’s character and Kevin Gage’s character are driving in the tow truck together and Sizemore’s character says “yeah, stop talking slick”. Right then there’s a weird little synth noise that’s kind of like a flare as Gage’s character removes his sunglasses and stares Sizemore down. I also think that it was a rather cool and fresh perspective on things to have the music sort of drop out during an action scene or collision so you would only hear the natural sounds, and then pick up afterwards with the music. The music did however react to the environment at the end when the ambulance blew up. That explosion completely cut of the music and it never returned after