IN 2017, AUSTRALIAN FILM JOURNALIST BLAKE HOWARD CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR A PODCAST ABOUT MICHAEL MANN’S 1995 CRIME OPUS HEAT. EXAMINING THE FILM CHRONOLOGICALLY, IN 60-SECOND INCREMENTS, THE APTLY TITLED “ONE HEAT MINUTE” SAW HOWARD, AND A GUEST STAR, SPENDING ANYWHERE FROM 15 MINUTES TO WELL OVER AN HOUR DISSECTING THE SELECTED MINUTE. EACH DISCUSSION USED THE MINUTE AT HAND AS A SPRINGBOARD TO EXPLORE MANY ELEMENTS OF THE FILM, AS WELL AS MICHAEL MANN’S BROADER BODY OF WORK AND HIS IMPACT ON CINEMA.
WITH MORE THAN 170 EPISODES RELEASED SO FAR, THE LINE-UP OF GUESTS INCLUDES FAMOUS FILMMAKERS (JOE LYNCH, DANTE SPINOTTI, PHIL HAY, ABE FORSYTHE), WRITERS (REED FARREL COLEMAN, JORDAN HARPER), EDUCATORS, MAJOR CRITICS (MANOHLA DARGIS, BILGE EBIRI, MATT ZOLLER SEITZ, WALTER CHAW) AND FILM JOURNALISTS (KRIS TAPLEY, CHRIS EVANGELISTA). WITH ONLY A FEW REMAINING EPISODES, HOWARD USED HIS FINAL LIVE SHOW RECORDING AT THE 2019 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL TO ANNOUNCE THAT MICHAEL MANN, THE LEGENDARY MASTERMIND DIRECTOR, SCREENWRITER AND PRODUCER BEHIND THE FILM, WOULD BE THE FINAL CRESCENDO OF THE INCREDIBLY EXTENSIVE YET LIMITED SERIES.
“I could not have imagined in my wildest dreams that ‘One HEAT Minute’ would include Michael Mann himself as our final guest. For Michael Mann fans, there’s information about HEAT here that’s literally nowhere else. For fans of ‘One HEAT Minute,’ this is the most perfect ending imaginable. I’m still struggling to grasp that it even happened.” said Howard.
“I’m honoured by this genuine tribute to the film. The passion and enthusiasm that Blake and his guests – artists, cinephiles, film historians – showed to HEAT is extraordinary, and their appreciation of it, humbling,” said Mann.
HEAT, MICHAEL MANN’S 1995 CRIME OPUS DELIVERED THE FIRST ON-SCREEN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN AMERICAN CINEMATIC TITANS ROBERT DE NIRO AND AL PACINO. WHEN AN ARMOURED CAR ROBBERY GOES WRONG, PROFESSIONAL THIEF NEIL MCCAULEY (DE NIRO) AND HIS CREW ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF L.A.’S ROBBERY HOMICIDE DIVISION AND DETECTIVE VINCENT HANNAH (PACINO). THESE OBSESSIVE PROFESSIONALS, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW, CONDUCT AN UNRELENTING CAT-AND-MOUSE CHASE THROUGH THE SPRAWLING INDUSTRIAL CITYSCAPE OF L.A.
“When you’ve done 121 hours excruciating hours about Heat, only then are you just on the same level as One Heat Minute. ”
— Maria Lewis - Award-Winning Author and Screenwriter
“Blake Howard’s Cine-essential ‘One HEAT Minute’ podcast may be the most delightfully detailed dissection of a single film since Roger Ebert’s shot-by-shot explication of CITIZEN KANE, and possibly more entertaining! It’s one of the few podcasts in recent memory that could stand the test of time to become a valuable resource for film theorists and casual movie lovers alike. And to have Director Mann, himself, for the final episode to discuss his classic film is just like the final shot in HEAT....the perfect ending to an epic journey.
— Joe Lynch - Director of POINT BLANK & MAYHEM
“It’s a brilliant idea, relentlessly executed with charm, wit, and enthusiasm. Every time I listen to it, I feel the need to rush back to my TV and watch the whole movie again.”
— Bilge Ebiri - New York Magazine
“That’s a GREAT idea”
— Christopher Nolan Director of THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY
What makes One Heat Minute distinct, though, is the sheer, unfiltered sincerity with which Howard conducts the proceedings. Howard is a true believer in the power of film and this film specifically. Heat is his means of bringing people together, accessing their worldviews, and cultivating a sense of solidarity. And he does so with enviable conviction. “Sometimes you get this perfection, you know,” Howard told KQED’s Carly Severn in a September 2018 interview. “It’s like, it was made to be examined. It was made for me to have a conversation about.”
One Heat Minute Turned the Movie Heat Into a Religious Experience By Nicholas Quah
One HEAT Minute: Episode #77 - Eloise Ross
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT minute by minute. It's the 77th minute (1:16:00-1:17:00) - host Blake Howard joins program coordinator and co-curator at the Melbourne Cinémathèque and co-host of the Cultural Capital Podcast, Eloise Ross. Blake and Eloise discuss the strange Elliott Goldenthal score choice to emphasise Sizemore's "lug" of a character agonising over this crucial decision; Eloise's yearning for uncharacteristic silence in this sequence; the fatalism of noir films; and the chicken wire dead ends connecting CHINATOWN, VERTIGO, L.A CONFIDENTIAL and HEAT.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #76 - Ian Barr
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 76th minute (1:15:00-1:16:00) - host Blake Howard joins the sardonic cinephile and serious 'under the radar' writing talent (contributing to SBS Movies, Little White Lies, 4:3 Film, The Film Stage, Cinema Scope Magazine), Mr Ian Barr. Blake and Ian discuss the strange setting that conjures science fiction feelings; seeing Michael Mann in person discussing the eyes of the actors in the film when you watch HEAT on the big screen, and who voted for HEAT in Sight and Sound's "Greatest Films of All Time" poll.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #75 - Dan Barrett and Stu Coote
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 75th minute (1:14:00-1:15:00) - host Blake Howard creates a Sydney podcasting play date joining film and T.V writer and the podcasting T1000 at SBS - BATMANLAND's Dan Barrett and all-star guest The Sinner Files', Stu Coote. Our conversation begins with more Scott Glenn than we've experienced in the podcast so far, HEAT's George Constanza connection, Val Kilmer's hair indecision, the greatness of the INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE premiere photos and of course, the minute at hand.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #74 - Niles Schwartz
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 74th minute (1:13:00-1:14:00) - host Blake Howard joins another Mann aficionado and author of the phenomenal analysis "Off the Map: Freedom, Control, and the Future in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies," Mr Niles Schwartz. Blake and Niles discuss connections to Kubrick with the awesome György Ligeti song "Concerto For Violoncello And Orchestra" underpinning this sequence (as discovered by Richard Combs in his Film Comment article "MICHAEL MANN: BECOMING" (Vol. 32, No. 2 MARCH – APRIL 1996). We also discuss concepts of performance intertextuality, Mann's other "guys" and finally, chuckle about the unfortunate demise of Dziga Vertov's Soviet School.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #73 - Joe Lynch
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 73rd minute (1:12:00-1:13:00) - host Blake Howard joins one of the Top 3 HEAT obsessives in the known universe, the immensely talented director of MAYHEM, EVERLY and the upcoming Frank Grillo and Anthony Mackie starring POINT BLANK for Netflix, friend of the show, Joe Lynch. Blake brings Joe for the first face to infrared face (or "infrablue" in the Michael Mann universe) between Vincent Hannah and Neil McCauley. Correction: "Captain Hydration" is not Chuck "Charlie" Adamson as my research to that point led me to believe. Adamson was a technical advisor on HEAT and plays Ancell in THIEF. Steven Ford, the son of former President of the Gerald Ford, plays "Officer Bruce" a.k.a Captain Hydration. He is though a Chuck Adamson look-a-like.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #72 - Travis Johnson
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 72nd minute (1:11:00-1:12:00) - host Blake Howard joins friend and human locomotive (read 'hella' prolific film critic) behind Australia's FilmInk Magazine Mr Travis Johnson. Blake and Travis discuss the Mann paying more attention to Chris' (Kilmer) drilling than anyone other filmmakers would, before going down a brief rabbit hole about Mann's use of the sublime in Heat and in the criminally underrated Miami Vice.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #71 - Stu Coote
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 71st minute (1:10:00-1:11:00) - host Blake Howard joins all-star guest The Sinner Files', Stu Coote. Blake and Stu discuss how he actually 'works here' and discuss that a full 70 minutes after the podcast began, they're back on another minute without any dialogue.
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One HEAT Minute: Episode #70 - INVESTIGATOR OF ORGANISED CRIME IN AUSTRALIA - Steve [REDACTED]
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 70th minute (1:09:00-1:10:00) - host Blake Howard joins an "investigator of organised crime in Australia" Steve <Redacted>. Blake and Steve focus on Heat's authenticity, the minute's ability to convey how amped up each team for the score/sting and finally where Steve feels like he would have taken the opportunity to get Neil and his crew off the streets.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #69 - Laurence Barber and Garth Franklin
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 69th minute (1:08:00-1:09:00) - host Blake Howard joins AFCA Award-winning critic, a writer for the Star Observer, film critic on ABC Radio Sydney and Graffiti with Punctuation alumni Laurence Barber and editor of trailblazer movie news website DarkHorizons, Garth Franklin. Blake, Laurence and Garth discuss brief moments of normality in the film; establishing shots that evoke "The Dark Knight"; Laurence crow-barring in a Maggie Gyllenhaal quote from "Mona Lisa Smile"; and theorising each character's sexual prowess...IN DETAIL.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #68 - Simon Foster
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 68th minute (1:07:00-1:08:00) - host Blake Howard joins managing editor of SCREEN-SPACE, program director, SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL and Film Reviewer ABC-FM Simon Foster. Blake and Simon discuss seeing HEAT at the Sydney media preview before its Australian release, Pacino and De Niro's run toward this film, unrecognisable L.A and compiling a super-cut of guests of the show doing their best "great ass."
One HEAT Minute: Episode #67 - Dan Barrett
It's the 67th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT minute by minute (1:06:00-1:07:00). Host Blake Howard is joined once again by film and T.V writer and the podcasting T1000 at SBS - Dan Barrett. Blake and Dan once again immediately go off topic discussing "Lethal Weapon" reboot theory, Shane Black starring in "Predator" to also re-write the script (which he didn't) and praying for a "Nice Guys" sequel.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #66 - Fiona Williams
It's the 66th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT minute by minute (1:05:00-1:06:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by the host of Eyes On Gilead, The Handmaid's Tale podcast. Managing Editor of SBS Movies & Guide; Fiona Williams. Blake and Fiona discuss the stark difference between authentic relationships and the fantasy, a new connection between the emotional backbone of the film and her vivid memory of using waitress tips for tickets to the Parramatta Roxy (a former cinema now seedy nightclub in Sydney's west) in 1996 to see HEAT theatrically.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #65 - Stu Coote
It's the 65th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT minute by minute (1:04:00-1:05:00). Host Blake Howard is all-star guest The Sinner Files' Stu Coote. Blake and Stu discuss women backed into a confrontation corner with their partners, Vincent's defence mechanisms and the conflict of sharing evils he confronts in his work-life.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #64 - Courtney Howard
It's the 64th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (1:03:00-1:04:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by freelance film critic/entertainment journalist for Fresh Fiction TV and member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Courtney Howard (no relation). Blake and Courtney discuss Vincent's calling, the way that the truth cuts him and the thematic ties of men characters being comforted by their women.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #63 - Bobby Roberts
It's the 63rd minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT minute by minute (1:02:00-1:03:00). Host Blake Howard is joined producer of the 80s All Over Podcast, culture writer, premiere Star Wars aficionado and one of Blake’s absolute favourite people on Twitter Bobby Roberts. Blake is thrilled to have Bobby back on the show to deliver his incredible Pacino impression, discussion fandom toxicity and damaged masculinity (mainly "dudes not wanting to examine their feelings").
One HEAT Minute: Episode #62 - Laurence Barber
It's the 62nd minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (1:01:00-1:02:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by AFCA Award-winning critic, a writer for the Star Observer, film critic on ABC Radio Sydney and Graffiti with Punctuation alumni Laurence Barber. Blake and Laurence discuss the potential of a podcast about "My Cousin Rachel" through the lens of Laurence and Mat Whitehead's "diseased brains," the surprisingly moving and convention-challenging minute, and the yearning to be "that" cop who addresses the grief of those people affected by the crimes he investigates.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #61 - Craig Mathieson
It's the 61st minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (1:00:00-1:01:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by Film and television critic with Fairfax Media and creator of BINGE-R Mr Craig Mathieson. Blake and Craig discuss how fascinating it is to study Vincent's reactions to the heinous scene and that the professional lives of the characters most certainly feed into the personal (rather than the other way around).
One HEAT Minute: Episode #60 - Manohla Dargis
It's the 60th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (59:00-1:00:00). Host Blake Howard is joined AGAIN by, in his opinion, by the world's greatest living film critic Manohla Dargis. Blake and Manohla discussing the bridging of two worlds, the implicit connections between Vincent and Waingro, and Vincent being pulled away from the world of women and into the underworld.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #59 - Mike Baard
It's the 59th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (58:00-59:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by a man who has been a part in distributing Michael Mann films - Mike Baard - Managing Director, Universal Pictures Australasia. Blake and Mike discuss the very unusual deep dive nature of the podcast, the rarity of films like HEAT when you can transition into series like "True Detective," and re-imagining what HEAT might look like in 2038.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #58 - Daniel Ziffer
It's the 58th minute of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute (57:00-58:00). Host Blake Howard is joined by veteran journalist, former ABC radio producer and one time foreign correspondent Daniel Ziffer. Blake and Dan discuss that thanks to his suggestion, his elderly grandparents saw HEAT in a theatre and talked about it for the rest of their lives; how he's coming onto the show in (arguably) the most disturbing moment of the film; and finally heaps praise upon the criminally under-appreciated Kevin Gage.