Heat

[Andy008]

In this film, Michael Mann gives the night-time scenes a kind of eerie blue glow, and in the day-time scenes, he gives Los Angeles a stark, washed out grey feeling. In all the other LA set fims I've seen, I've never seen this. How does a film-maker manipulate the scenery like this?

[Dreddnaught]

Dante Spinotti. He's usually the director of photography on Michale Manns films. He's the guy who sets yp the blue tint and washed out looks of Manns films as per Manns intructions. A good film of Manns for just this kind of thing is Manhunter.

[JOEYSHABADO]

He did not use an "85" filter. All of the lit scenes are lit with tungsten, without an "85" filter also. This is what creates the effect.

It transforms the film.

I would certainly say it is the best film I have ever seen.

The double disk special edition is just out, with excellent deleted scenes. You can buy it from the USA on ebay.

[JOEYSHABADO]

The baddie in manhunter is the crook in the wheelchair in 'Heat'. The baddie in 'silence of the lambs' is the blonde cop with the moustache in 'heat'.

[Andy008]

I believe that the guy in the wheelchair also played Wizard in Taxi Driver?

[Andy008]

I'm curious to know the effect used in One Hour Photo, to create the effect. The film comes across in very harsh, sterile colours. I believe Mark Romanek did this deliberately to depict the kind of spartan cleanliness and lack of depth of Sy Parrish's life?

[Dreddnaught]

The baddy in Manhunter also played a bad guy (a magician I think) in CSI, going up against William Peterson (FBI agent Will Graham in Manhunter) again. He got away this time :D