![]() ![]() Take Pacino as good cop Vincent Hanna: one of the most intense characterizations of the tragic hero that I have ever witnessed, as he laments the demise of his third marriage to a pill-junkie wife. To break this three-hour gem of a film down to its core, this is a film about men - strong men - and the supporting role that he women of the film have on them for better or worse. Sound like a bold statement? Devotees of classic cops and robbers flicks of old will no doubt take exception, but I believe that Michael Mann achieved some measure of perfection with Heat. When Hanna is speaking to Alan Marciano ( Hank Azaria), Marciano questions why he got involved with Charlene Shiherlis ( Ashley Judd) at all, and Hanna shouts, "Cause she's got a great ass.and you got your head all the way up it!" The camera cuts to a stunned Marciano, and we hear Hanna say, "Ferocious, aren't I?" The camera then cuts to Hanna and he says, "When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me." In the Blu-ray cut, the line "Ferocious, aren't I?" has been removed from the audio track.To cover this edit, the camera cuts to Hanna rather than staying on Justine for the entirety of her monologue (which was how the scene played out in the Theatrical Cut). The rest is the mess you leave as you pass through." In the Blu-ray cut, the line "You sift through the detritus" has been removed. That's the only thing you're committed to. You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. In the Theatrical Cut, Justine says, "You don't live with me, you live among the remains of dead people. When Vincent Hanna ( Al Pacino) returns to the restaurant to pick up Justine ( Diane Venora), they have a low-key argument about his obsessive police work and how it is affecting the marriage. ![]() ![]() For the film's Blu-ray release in 2009, director Michael Mann made two minor changes to the film (this Blu-ray cut has been used for all subsequent home video releases): ![]()
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