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 #135 - JAKE WILSON (AUTHOR & FILM CRITIC - THE AGE/FAIRFAX MEDIA + THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT minute by minute. It's the 135th minute (2:14:00 -2:15:00) - host Blake Howard joins the author of "Mad Dog Morgan" and film critic for The Age/Fairfax Media Jake Wilson. Blake and Jake discuss that a lot happens in just four shots; we compare theories about why Eady changes her mind about Neil; and forgive well-crafted melodrama.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #134 - DANIEL LAMMIN (FILM CRITIC - SWITCH, THEATRE DIRECTOR, PLAYWRIGHT)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT minute by minute. It's the 134th minute (2:13:00 -2:14:00) - host Blake Howard is joined by film critic for SWITCH, theatre director and playwright, Daniel Lammin. Blake and Dan discuss very recently watching HEAT, not knowing how he wanted the film to end, HEAT exploding the impenetrable aura of THE DARK KNIGHT and truth versus freedom in the choices of central couples.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #133 - CAM WILLIAMS (FILM CRITIC & CULTURE WRITER FOR METRO, VICE, THE MONTHLY, GUARDIAN, JUNKEE, CRIKEY, SBS + BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT minute by minute. It's the 133rd minute (2:12:00 -2:13:00) - host Blake Howard is once again by freelance film critic and culture writer for Metro, Vice, Monthly, Guardian, Junkee, Crikey, SBS, BirthMoviesDeath, Cam Williams. Blake and Cam talk that this is ENDGAME, all things Nate and Cam coins a new phrase for submission to the Oxford English Dictionary ... HEAT BLOCKING
One HEAT Minute: Episode #132 - COURTNEY HOWARD (FILM CRITIC - VARIETY, THE WRAP, SHE KNOWS & FRESH FICTION TV)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT minute by minute. It's the 132nd minute (2:11:00 -2:12:00) - 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 digress quickly to discuss how DEN OF THIEVES took all the wrong lessons from HEAT before squaring up with Ralph. We study contrasts in interactions with Vincent and Justine, Pacino's unhinged delivery and Venora getting COLD BLOODED.
ONE HEAT MINUTE: Episode #131 - SEAN BURNS (FILM CRITIC - WBUR.ORG)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "magnum opus" HEAT minute by minute. It's the 131st minute (2:10:00 -2:11:00) - host Blake Howard joins film critic in North Shore Movies, Philadelphia Weekly, Metro, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, RogerEbert.com, and Spliced Personality - Sean Burns. As promised, Blake and Sean reunite to twirl our pearl handed pistols while discussing this minute's sister scene in Crime Story, and then just relentlessly bash poor Ralph.
Guest: Sean Burns
ONE HEAT MINUTE: Episode #130 - GARTH FRANKLIN (DARK HORIZONS) & STU COOTE (THE SINNER FILES)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 130th minute (2:09:00 -2:10:00) - host Blake Howard joins two friends of OHM - movie website original gangster Garth Franklin and co-host of The Sinner Files, Stu Coote. Blake, Garth and Stu get busy getting uncomfortable in the excruciating "Stockholm syndrome" of Neil's occupation of Eady's space before somehow digressing into filthy descriptions of the sexual scents of the L.A flora.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #129 - DAN HEATON (WRITER FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SNOB, CINEMA AXIS, POPMATTERS AND HOST OF THE TOMORROW SOCIETY PODCAST)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 129th minute (2:08:00 -2:09:00) - host Blake Howard joins writer for the Public Transportation Snob blog, Cinema Axis and PopMatters and host of the Tomorrow Society Podcast, Dan Heaton. Blake and Dan breakdown Neil's slow-motion pursuit of Eady up the hill next to her house through the long grass like they're watching a nature video where a predator subdues its prey and spend a moment marvelling at the L.A sunrise, courtesy of Dante Spinotti. When you're running up hills away from your sociopathic criminal boyfriend in L.A in 1995, there's only one podcast I'd recommend.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #128 - BRENDAN HODGES (FILM CRITIC ON SABBATICAL - METAPLEX.COM AND ROGER EBERT DOT COM)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 128th minute (2:07:00 -2:08:00) - host Blake Howard joins film critic on sabbatical with bylines at Roger Ebert Dot Com and the Metaplex and Chicagoan Brendan Hodges. Blake and Brendan dig into Neil McCauley comeuppance, ruthless truth bombs, confined kitchens providing all the comfort of a cell and breaking points. I tell you what I don't do, I don't sell metals and I don't miss a chance to listen.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #127 - JOE EARP (FREELANCE CRITIC AND JOURNALIST - VICE, JUNKEE, LITTLE WHITE LIES, GUARDIAN & MORE)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 L.A crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 127th minute (2:06:00 -2:07:00) - host Blake Howard joins critic and journalist with bylines in Vice, Junkee, Little White Lies, Guardian, Bright Wall Dark Room and Sydney Morning Herald, Joe Earp. Blake and Joe talk about how this scene - which could be boring exposition - demonstrates the intimacy of Vincent and Neil and that when filmmakers say that they're inspired by HEAT it's code for "I just want to make a fucking good movie." O.K. Feels like time to listen.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #126 - NILES SCHWARTZ (AUTHOR OF "OFF THE MAP: FREEDOM CONTROL AND THE FUTURE IN MICHAEL MANN'S PUBLIC ENEMIES" & CONTRIBUTOR TO SLANT MAGAZINE )
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "sea of unquantifiable connections" HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 126th minute (2:05:00 -2:06:00) - host Blake Howard joins 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 talks with Niles about what it's like to have a bank robber in the family and so much more. This shit sells itself.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #125 - TRAVIS WOODS (STAFF WRITER FOR BRIGHT WALL /DARK ROOM, CONTRIBUTOR FOR CINEPHILIA & BEYOND)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "sea of unquantifiable connections" HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 125th minute (2:04:00 -2:0f:00) - host Blake Howard joins staff writer Bright Wall/ Dark Room, contributor for Cinephilia & Beyond and writer about town Travis Woods. Blake and Travis go really deep and really long gushing about HEAT including the ramifications of Charlene's implicit backstory, Travis' research for the number of people in the world with the surname "Shiherlis," and finally trying to break Joe Lynch's record for the longest episode. You want to listen, here's your episode.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #124 - ADAM FROST (WRITER, DIRECTOR AND ACTOR KNOWN FOR "CASTLE," "EXTREME MOVIE" and more )
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "sea of unquantifiable connections" HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 124th minute (2:03:00 -2:04:00) - host Blake Howard joins writer, actor, and director known for Castle (2009), Extreme Movie (2008), A Stranger Here Myself (2005) - Adam Frost. Blake and Adam discuss how telling Charlene asks Marciano "what's your end?" before playing HEAT story-time with bombshells about Val Kilmer and an aeroplane encounter with a HEAT fan CHRISTOPHER NOLAN that proves Blake's INSOMNIA fan theory.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #123 - BILGE EBIRI (FILM CRITIC FOR NEW YORK MAGAZINE & VULTURE)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "sea of unquantifiable connections" HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 123rd minute (2:02:00 -2:03:00) - host Blake Howard joins the world-renowned film critic for the Village Voice (R.I.P), Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Vulture (and elsewhere) - Bilge Ebiri. Blake and Bilge discuss how strange it is that Van Zant is watching hockey in L.A prior to his murder, realising suddenly that Neil has thief skills and breaking with the discipline to discuss another scene in the film that Bilge claims could re-educate movie illiterates on the power of cinema. How the hell should I know why you're not listening.
BONUS: Addicted to Heists - THE DEN OF THIEVES HOUR with Katie Walsh
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. Today host Blake Howard joins Film Critic for the Tribune Agency and LA Times and Member of the LA Film Critics, Katie Walsh for a special and an especially painful hour with HEAT ripoff, DEN OF THIEVES.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #122 - KATIE WALSH (FILM CRITIC FOR THE TRIBUNE AGENCY AND THE LA TIMES)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 122nd minute (2:01:00 -2:02:00) - host Blake Howard joins Film Critic for the Tribune Agency and LA Times and Member of the LA Film Critics. Blake and Katie discuss glaring stunt doubles, Vincent's morality (right or wrong/law and order), and a lot of time discussing the search results when you google "Henry Rollins Shorts."
One HEAT Minute: Episode #121 - ETHAN WARREN (SENIOR EDITOR OF BRIGHT WALL DARK ROOM, WRITER/DIRECTOR OF WEST OF HER, POET, PLAYWRITE "ALL ROUNDER")
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 121st minute (2:00:00 -2:01:00) - host Blake Howard joins Senior Editor of Bright Wall Dark Room and writer/director of West Of Her, Ethan Warren. Blake and Ethan discuss Wes Studi's Casals slowly easing into this film, Jon Voight's MONSTER-like make-up, Pacino saying "BYE BYE" as only 90s era Pacino could and finally that HEAT is both perfect and unusual for film structure nerds. Stay healthy.
Host: Blake Howard
Guest: Ethan Warren
Websites: ethanrawarren.com
One HEAT Minute: Episode #120 - DOUGLAS HOLM (AUTHOR: QUENTIN TARANTINO: THE POCKET ESSENTIAL & KILL BILL: AN UNOFFICIAL CASEBOOK & BROADCASTER FOR KBOO RADIO)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 120th minute (1:59:00-2:00:00) - host Blake Howard joins author of Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential (2004), Kill Bill: An Unofficial Casebook , Glitter Books/Creation Books, (2005), Robert Crumb,Pocket Essentials (2003), Film Soleil, Pocket Essentials (2005) and broadcast reviewer for Monday Sampler, KBOO - Douglas Holm . Blake and Douglas discuss De Niro's focus, the digital predator vibes of Neil's vehicle in the lights and of course Nate facilitating a new "out." Make time to listen.
Host: Blake Howard
Guest: Douglas Holm
Websites:
One HEAT Minute: Episode #119 - Jordan Harper (EDGAR-WINNING AUTHOR OF "SHE RIDES SHOTGUN" & SCREENWRITER)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 119th minute (1:58:00-1:59:00) - host Blake Howard joins producer and television writer of "The Mentalist," "Gotham," and the "L.A Confidential" pilot and Edgar-winning author of "She Rides Shotgun" Jordan Harper. Blake and Jordan discuss halo of blood around Trejo's head, deep diving into the deleted scene that shows you everything that this and other scenes convey and Jordan's theory that McCauley and Waingro have more in common than McCauley and Hannah.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #118 - 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 118th minute (1:57:00-1:58:00) - 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 discuss the urgency in the camera work to manipulate your emotions, the guts to leave the off-screen machinations out of the film and how he shot in this HEAT house on stilts for an unreleased crime story called "The Grind." Listen...
One HEAT Minute: Episode #117 - Fran Hoepfner (EDITOR-AT-LARGE BRIGHT WALL/DARK ROOM)
ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime epic HEAT, minute by minute. It's the 117th minute (1:56:00-1:57:00) and host Blake Howard joins editor at large for independent film magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room as well as a classical music columnist for WQXR, Fran Hoepfner. Blake and Fran discuss how HEAT is another piece of evidence for the affirmative that men are crazy, needing a second viewing to let this detailed undertaking wash over you and the parallels between reading 19th-century novels and watching HEAT. Have a listen.