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What Is a Crime Film? Let's Ask 'Heat'

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Heat, Revisited In Reel Deep

How exactly would you define a “crime film”? Is it anything with cops and robbers, good guys and bad guys? Do you need guns and shooting? Or can it be more psychological, a study into what makes people either rebel against society or look to put those troublemakers away?

We’ve brought on a special guest to discuss this very topic: the famed Dr. Chris. And to get us going, we’re returning to Michael Mann’s 1995 crime epic Heat. This time, though, we’re talking more than Pacino.

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