HEAT (Michael Mann, 1995):
I saw HEAT yesterday in theaters, the second time I'd seen it on the big screen; the first time was 30 years ago—how time flies! There were about sixty people at the screening (in a 162-seat theater), and lots of young people discovering the film for the first time, so it was cool! The film still feels contemporary. I really like Amy Brenneman, Val Kilmer (RIP), Tom Sizemore (RIP), and De Niro is magnificent in this film. As Tarantino said, De Niro deserved an Oscar nomination for this film. I love the opening scene, the first action scene, Pacino and his team watching De Niro's face being "scanned" on the screen , the hotel, and the planes at the end (a nod to the end of "Bullitt"?), but my favorite scene is still that incredible, ethereal moment when Amy Brenneman and De Niro are in the car at the end, answering Jon Voight's call...