One HEAT Minute: Episode #88 - Dr. Christopher Sharrett (Seton Hall University)

ONE HEAT MINUTE is the podcast examining Michael Mann's 1995 "magnum opus" HEAT minute by minute. It's the 88th minute (1:27:00-1:28:00) - host Blake Howard joins Professor of Visual and Sound Media at Seton Hall University, writer for CINEASTE and editor for Film International, and the man who wrote that "Michael Mann has emerged as the quintessential cinematic poet of the postmodern urban world," - Dr. Christopher Sharrett. Blake and Christopher discuss the ugly, deadly and alluring cityscape; the fluid nightmare of L.A traffic; Mann echoing Howard Hawks' affinity for men who are good at what they do; and the overwhelming loss and tragedy of this 170-minute masterpiece. Have a listen.