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 #13 - Luke Buckmaster, Stu Coote and Garth Franklin
It's the thirteenth episode of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT minute by minute. Host Blake Howard, the Guardian and The Daily Review's Luke Buckmaster, Geek of Oz's Stu Coote and Dark Horizon's Garth Franklin are at full synchronicity until they get lost into the chasms of Waingro's eyes.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #12 - Luke Buckmaster, Stu Coote and Garth Franklin
It's episode twelve of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT, one minute at a time. Host Blake Howard is joined by the Guardian and The Daily Review's Luke Buckmaster, Geek of Oz's Stu Coote and Dark Horizon's Garth Franklin continue to dissect one of action cinema's most iconic heists. We talk about Val Kilmer's butt shot, the vacant eyes of Waingro's mask and "Barry" the armoured car driver as poor man's Dustin Hoffman.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #10 - Luke Buckmaster
It's episode ten of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, one minute at a time. We are one seventeenth the way through this amazing film and host Blake Howard is on a collision course with film critic for the Guardian Australia, The Daily Review and author of "Miller and Max: George Miller and the making of a film legend" Luke Buckmaster. This episode we talk about films with famous mask wearing thieves and once again how "Heat" and "The Dark Knight" are kindred spirits.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #9 - Luke Buckmaster
It's episode nine of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast staking out Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT, one minute at a time. Host Blake Howard is joined for a third time by premiere film critic for the Guardian Australia, The Daily Review and author of "Miller and Max: George Miller and the making of a film legend" the terrific Luke Buckmaster. The crew is assembling, the cast is comprised of more than 70 speaking roles, and it's time to stop blurbing, O.K slick?!
One HEAT Minute: Episode #8 - Luke Buckmaster
It's episode eight of the podcast analyses Michael Mann's 1995 crime opus HEAT, one minute at a time: ONE HEAT MINUTE. Host Blake Howard is joined for a second time by premiere film critic for the Guardian Australia, The Daily Review and author of "Miller and Max: George Miller and the making of a film legend" the perennially awesome Luke Buckmaster. In this minute we discuss Michael Mann's painstaking action geography, and his Hitchcockian "business-like" assembly of character chess pieces.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #7 - Garth Franklin and Luke Buckmaster
It's episode seven of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast that tackles HEAT - Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga - 60 seconds at a time and host Blake Howard is joined by a dynamic duo indeed. Editor of DarkHorizons.com Mr Garth Franklin returns. By his side, joining One HEAT Minute for the first time is premiere film critic for the Guardian Australia, The Daily Review and author of "Miller and Max: George Miller and the making of a film legend" the one and only Luke Buckmaster. In this minute we discuss the power and the economy of a waking up to medicate in order to face the world, Natalie Portman's desperation to find her barrettes and naked wall sized man murals.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #6 - Garth Franklin
Grab your post-coital cigarettes it's the 6th episode of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast that dissects Michael Mann's 1995 crime saga HEAT, 60 seconds at a time. Host Blake Howard and editor of DarkHorizons.com Mr Garth Franklin, do not have school today and they're talking step-father responsibility, workaholic life and yearning for, and failing at, a domestic life.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #5 - Garth Franklin
It's episode five of ONE HEAT MINUTE, the podcast that dissects Michael Mann's 1995 crime masterpiece HEAT, one 60 second increment at a time. This episode host Blake Howard is joined once again by internet trailblazer and editor DarkHorizons.com Mr Garth Franklin to answer this big question: are we in the throes of passion or just in the middle of a morning quickie?
One HEAT Minute: Episode #4 - Garth Franklin
It's episode four of ONE HEAT MINUTE and host Blake Howard is joined by movie internet trailblazer and editor of the 20 year old DarkHorizons.com: Mr Garth Franklin. Blake and Garth enter Michael Mann's 1995 cop versus crook masterpiece discussing where our director's name falls in the opening credits and the blond lusciousness of 'Peak' Val Kilmer.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #3 - Stu Coote
Patiently down an escalator, the symbolism of crossing a street and a foreshadowing revelation hiding in plain sight. Yes, Blake Howard is joined by Stu Coote once again to complete the opening trilogy of minutes in the podcast taking on Michael Mann's L.A opus "Heat," one minute at a time.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #2 - Stu Coote
It has begun, the stakeout of Michael Mann's L.A crime saga, one minute at a time. In minute two, Blake Howard is joined by Stu Coote to marvel at alien industrial L.A architecture and to catch a glimpse of Robert De Niro's Neil McCauley.
One HEAT Minute: Episode #1 - Stu Coote
It starts, a journey through Michael Mann's L.A crime opus, one minute at a time. For the first episode, host Blake Howard is joined by instigator and enabler Stu Coote to discuss the loaded first moment of this two and a half hour saga.