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 #116 - Bobby Roberts (PRODUCER OF THE 80S ALL OVER PODCAST, CULTURE WRITER FOR THE PORTLAND MERCURY)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 116th minute (1:55:00-1:56:00) and host Blake Howard joins producer of the 80s All Over Podcast, culture writer for the Portland Mercury and premiere Star Wars aficionado Bobby Roberts. Blake and Bobby take a digression to discuss that in 2019 the bad guys win before discussing De Niro's Neil "popping the blister" with Piven to regain his focus, feasting on sentimentality and Michael Mann's genius to understand and utilise Piven's 'yappy bulldog' personality in less than 60 seconds. Think about that. Take a listen.
Host: Blake Howard
Guest: Bobby Roberts
One HEAT Minute: Episode #115 - Rochelle Siemienowicz (CO-HOST OF THE HELL IS FOR HYPHENATES PODCAST, FILM CRITIC for SBS MOVIES, JOURNALIST FOR SCREEN HUB AND AUTHOR OF FALLEN: A MEMOIR)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 115th minute (1:54:00-1:55:00) and host Blake Howard joins film critic, journalist, novelist and co-host of the HELL IS FOR HYPHENATES podcast Rochelle Siemienowicz . Blake and Rochelle get a little bit Tony and Dr. Melfi (for you fans of The Sopranos) and dig into obsessive tendencies, characters reflexively doing things that they're good at - even if the consequences are fatal; and articulate that in this world women and families are not enough.
Host: Blake Howard
Guest: Rochelle Siemienowicz
One HEAT Minute: Episode #114 - Bryan Edward Hill (WRITER OF COMICS DETECTIVE COMICS, AMERICAN CARNAGE, KILLMONGER AND TV: DC's TITANS)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "Symphony of damaged masculinity" HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 114th minute (1:53:00-1:54:00) - host Blake Howard joins writer of comics and screen, musician, graphic designer, and MIAMI VICE 2006 twitter-chronicler, Bryan Edward Hill. Blake and Bryan discuss Mann's commitment to aesthetic style in the midst of Pacino's powerhouse subjective "kill-shot" moment, the flood of fatal consequences triggered in Michael's (Tom Sizemore) death; and finally Vincent Hannah's ability to wield the FN FNC NATO assault rifle better than a chicken drumstick. Come on, run toward the gunfire. Take aim. Take a shot. Listen now.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #113 - Shane A. Bassett (Film Critic and Entertainment Journalist 2GO FM + The Central Coast Express Advocate)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 113th minute (1:52:00-1:53:00) - host Blake Howard joins film/book critic and entertainment journalist in print and over the airwaves, Shane A. Bassett. Blake and Shane discuss great extra/background actor work, the coordinated chaos of one of the final moments of the heist and finally, all of the darkness of Tom Sizemore's Michael revealed.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #111 - Steven Santos
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 111th minute (1:50:00-1:51:00) - host Blake Howard joins editor freelance television editor, writer/producer and video essayist Steven Santos. Blake and Steven talk through what it feels like to walk in the cavernous space where this shootout was filmed and talk about the cyclical and generational filmmaking influence that affected Michael Mann's style and every imitator since then. Watch your background, get clean shots, take a listen.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #110 - Vashi Nedomansky (Editor SHARKNADO 2 and Editorial Consultant for GONE GIRL, DEADPOOL)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 110th minute (1:49:00-1:50:00) - host Blake Howard joins editor of 11 Hollywood Feature Films, ex-pro Hockey Player and self-proclaimed defector from Czechoslovakia, Vashi Nedomansky. Blake and Vashi talk through the choreographed chaos Neil’s crew asserting their tactical dominance on the ill-equipped police and gushing about 31 shots in 60 seconds and never losing our bearings.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #109 - Joe Lynch (Director of Mayhem, Everly, Point Blank)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 109th minute (1:48:00-1:49:00) - 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. In the second of this bumper double episode, we talk about Vincent and Neil's reactions to death during the battle, the miraculous rearview mirror disappearing and reappearing, and so much more. The only way out is through.
BONUS - Remembering Pasquale "Pat" Buba - Editor of HEAT
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 152nd minute (2:31:00-2:32:00) - host Blake Howard joins one of the editors of HEAT, and editor for the legendary George A. Romero, the dearly departed Pasquale "Pat" Buba. Blake was honoured to speak to Pat in one of his final interviews; where we dive into his favourite scene in the film, how he came to the project and finally his wife Zilla's reaction to HEAT at the premiere that perfectly encapsulates his enduring legacy. (Please note that this will be reposted in chronological order once we catch up to the minute. )
One HEAT Minute: Episode #108 - Joe Lynch (Director of Mayhem, Everly, Point Blank)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 108th minute (1:47:00-1:478:00) - 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. As promised about 70 episodes ago, Blake brings Joe back in to discuss THE HEIST TO END ALL HEISTS. Pop your Val Kilmer "Shark Eyes" contact lenses in and take a listen.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #107 - Jedidiah Ayres
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT minute by minute. It's the 107th minute (1:46:00-1:47:00) - host Blake Howard joins the author of Peckerwood and crime fiction aficionado and author of Noir Literature Film and Culture Blog - Hardboiled Wonderland - Jedidiah Ayres. Blake and Jedidiah discuss that Brian Eno continues to be the MVP of this minute; the perfection of Michael Mann's execution of HEAT due to the verbatim run-throughs of this story in L.A Takedown and Crime Story and finally that Hannah is Mann's cipher delivering dialogue in this minute that is both a direction and an understated affirmation that we're never taking this crew alive. Watch your background, get clean shots, listen now.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #106 - Jon Abrams (Editor of Daily Grindhouse)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 106th minute (1:45:00-1:46:00) - host Blake Howard joins New York-based writer, cartoonist, committed cinemaniac, and editor of Daily Grindhouse, Jon Abrams. Blake and Jon talk about Michael Mann's "epic realism," faith in the audience to process fleeting bits of information to maintain blistering momentum and the subtextual way that quintessentially New York actors (Pacino and De Niro) affect the pace of the L.A sprawl. Take off your balaclava, fix your hair and take a listen.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #105 - Michael Roffman (President and Editor-in-Chief for Consequence of Sound)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "Symphony of damaged masculinity" HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 105th minute (1:44:00-1:45:00) - host Blake Howard joins President and Editor-in-Chief for Consequence of Sound, Michael Roffman. Blake and Michael marvel at Val Kilmer's money bagging skills, the raw power of 90s Tom Sizemore, Brian Eno's "Force Marker" scoring mild cardiac arrest of the heist, and the feeling that something is going to go wrong in this scene even when you watch it the first time.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #104 - Oscar Hillerstrom (and the MAILBAG)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 104th minute (1:43:00-1:44:00) and host Blake Howard is once again joined by the man who helped start Empire Magazine Aus, Popcorn Taxi and The Sci-Fi Show. That’s right, it’s the two-decade content creation veteran of radio, print, T.V and online; Oscar Hillerstrom. Blake and Oscar read correspondence from the ONE HEAT MINUTE mailbag; discuss HEAT as the greatest remake of all time; examine effective negotiation techniques for the next time you visit a bank; and finally the editing in this minute as a curriculum for future editors.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #103 - Mike Vanderbilt (Asst. Ed. The Daily Grindhouse)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 103rd minute (1:42:00-1:43:00) - host Blake Howard joins assistant editor for The Daily Grindhouse; contributor for The Takeout, Consequence of Sound, Fandor, Chicago Reader and The AV Club; bartender and premiere "Manhunter" expert, Mike Vanderbilt. Blake and Mike discuss great Mann-erisms like "sport," "slick" and "jagoff"; Mann's style in both aesthetic and fashion choices; asking whether Neil's crew are "bad guys" when they're only taking the bank's money; and finally, call "Heat" a quiet dramatic film punctuated with scenes of extreme violence.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #102 - Chris Evangelista
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 102nd minute (1:41:00-1:42:00) - host Blake Howard joins film critic with bylines at Bright Wall Dark Room, Little White Lies, Mashable, Nerdist but now has a home as a staff writer for SLASHFILM Chris Evangelista. Blake and Chris discuss the jam-packed 60 seconds taking place over four spaces, talk about HEAT taking over from DOG DAY AFTERNOON as the bar for the heist movie, our current favourite scenes and Chris asks, yes or no - right now, if I'll be continuing straight into Mann's 1999 masterpiece THE INSIDER after ONE HEAT MINUTE. Raise your heart rate, listen along.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #101 - Bill Duke (STAR OF PREDATOR, COMMANDO, AMERICAN GIGOLO)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 101st minute (1:40:00-1:41:00) - host Blake Howard joins phenomenal character actor, film and T.V director and trailblazer, the inimitable legend - Bill Duke. Blake and Bill discuss the distinction of acting and being, the blessing of working with great writers like Paul Schrader, honing his craft in T.V at a time when there were very few people of colour behind the lens, and working alongside Michael Mann on Miami Vice and the short-lived Robbery Homicide Division. When can you listen...(whispers) anytime. Mr Duke's memoir "Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera" is available on Amazon now.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #100 - Dante Spinotti
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 100th minute (1:39:00-1:40:00) - host Blake Howard joins one of the greatest living cinematographers and the very cinematographer of HEAT - the one and only Dante Spinotti. Blake and Dante discuss HEAT as one of the finest movies he's ever worked on, L.A as the most cinematic city, Michael Mann mapping the psychological trajectory of his characters, shooting the entire film in 2000 ASA to give the picture its defining grainy look and provoking Christopher Nolan.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #99 - Connor Ratliff
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 99th minute (1:38:00-1:39:00) - host Blake Howard joins improv comic behind ASSSSCAT/The Stepfathers/The George Lucas Talk Show at the UCB in New York and an actor in Orange is the New Black and Search Party, Connor Ratliff. Blake and Connor discuss that HEAT's structure is the final week in the life of Neil McCauley (insert RING joke here), the "ain't I a stinker" Bugs Bunny expression on Waingro's face, and how Vincent and Neil's professional approaches perfectly align with the contrasts of improv and sketch comedy.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #98 - THE SINNER FILES (Stu Coote, Josh Corbett & Liam McKibben)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 98th minute (1:37:00-1:38:00) - host Blake Howard joins THE SINNER FILES podcast crew including OHM all-star Stu Coote, COUNTDOWN TO CLASSIC's Josh Corbett and the infamous Liam McKibben). Blake and The Sinner Files boys discuss Kevin Gage's charm, the "sleeping in your office chic," Mann's set direction to underscore Van Sant as prey in this criminal animal kingdom and Liam answers the question of whether it's sex or dinner for him and Waingro.