One HEAT Minute: Episode #51 - Philippa Hawker

It's the 51st episode of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (50:00-51:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by film writer for The Australian Philippa Hawker. Blake and Philippa talk about what it’s like to interview Michael Mann, translating Chicago to Los Angeles, leading thieves in Frank (James Caan) and Neil (Robert De Niro)  and Mann’s ability to synthesise a lifetime of research into effortless tapestry.

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Philippa Hawker

Philippa Hawker is a film writer for The Australian. She is a former editor of the now defunct Australian film journal Cinema Papers.

Twitter: @philippics

Outlets:The Australian

Link: Thief interview

Blake Howard

Blake Howard is a writer, film critic, podcast host and producer behind One Heat Minute Productions, which includes shows One Heat Minute, The Last 12 Minutes Of The Mohicans, Increment Vice, All The President’s Minutes, Miami Nice and Josie & The Podcats. Endorsed and featuring legendary filmmaker Michael Mann, One Heat Minute was named by New York Magazine and Vulture as one of 100 Great Podcasts To Listen To and nominated for an Australian Podcast Award. Creator of the Australian film collective Graffiti With Punctuation, Blake is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic with bylines in Empire Magazine, SBS Movies, Vague Visages, Dark Horizons, Film Ink and many more.

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