Reviews

Micheal Manns'(director of 'The Insider', and 'Manhunter') smooth, straightforward direction is studded with brilliant and very memorable cinematic gems in 'Heat', A bullet riddled drama with, yes , Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in their first on screen meeting.

What do you want to hear about 'Heat'. Is it DeNiro's best performance? No. Is it Pacino's best performance? I'd be lying if I said it was. Do the performances improve the story? Absolutely. Mann has written (he wrote it as well) a complex and exciting two-sided story that develops the hunter Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and the hunted Neil McCauley (De Niro) separately throughout much of the film. Underneath a hail of bullets Mann is able to paint both lead characters with the same brush by delving into the similarly tragic and chaotic personal lives of Hanna and McCauley, allowing for the final epic scene, which would have been too pretentious if it were not for the excellent performances of Pacino and De Niro.

Bottom Line: Not having seen this movie is akin to idiocy for anyone claiming to be a fan of movies. 9 out of 10

A young woman in search of exotic plumage for a boutique in Paris instead finds a group of free living hippies in search of paradise on earth (Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the hippie ideal). The young woman decides to travel with the hippies, with 'mind expanding' results.

On the whole, I do not feel I wasted my time watching this film, so I have to give it a 6 out of 10. There are some very interesting scenes involving a huge native ritual in Africa, which, due to the scale of the gathering, seems to be an event the movie was shot around.

I would be very interested if anyone not a fan of Pink Floyd went out of their way to see this movie.

Side note: there is sadly very little Floyd. Just short bits of songs off the excellent album. I guess I can understand why Floyd did the soundtrack after seeing the movie.