“Heat” dream competition! Al Pacino VS Robert De Niro: What is the method used by master master Michael Mann to capture the great performances of two major stars on film?

“Heat” synopsis

Detective Vincent is too tired from work to lead a normal family life. Neil is a cold-hearted crime boss. Those who pursue and those who are chased, negotiations and conflicts between reality and reality. Eventually, the two feel a strange sympathy in their own loneliness. However, a direct confrontation of fate that they cannot avoid awaits them.

Index

• Were the two great actors really competing?
• The strange relationship between a criminal and a detective that served as a model
• The scene between the two was a dramatization of an actual episode.
• A dream competition filmed in real life
• “Performance of the gaze” that tells everything

Were the two great actors really competing?

Heat is a crime action masterpiece released in Japan in 1996. The biggest highlight is definitely the collaboration between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, two of the film industry's biggest stars.

The two also appeared in 1974's The The Godfather Part II, but there was no scene in which they actually met. When ``Heat'' was released, it was greeted with eager anticipation by many movie fans as a genuine debut production. I was a student at the time, and I vividly remember rushing to the movie theater.

The work was perfect. However, some moviegoers felt as if they had a small bone stuck in their throat. Pacino and De Niro certainly looked like they were playing together... I wrote "I could see it" because there was no cut in the movie where the two were clearly shown in two shots on one screen. What on earth does this mean? Two big stars are appearing, but they don't take two shots that clearly show their faces...

In fact, the two were not on good terms, so they filmed their performances separately so they wouldn't see each other on set, and the editing was done to make it look like they were having a conversation... Among movie fans, such a rumor that resembled an urban legend was rumored. But it was a mistake. Looking at the making of the movie, Pacino and De Niro did indeed meet each other on set, and there were sparks of intense acting. So why didn't director Michael Mann use two shots? That's why ``Heat'' is a masterpiece.

*The image in the title part above is from the making of the movie.

The strange relationship between a criminal and a detective that served as a model