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Michael Mann Planning to Shoot ‘Heat 2’ on Film

That’s what he said last night at a post-screening Q&A for his 1995 classic, “Heat.” Mann hasn’t shot a feature entirely on film since 1999’s “The Insider.”


Mann is a digital trailblazer, he proved how alive photo-realistic digital imagery could be in a major studio film. In his last film, “Ferrari,” Mann used a Sony Venice digital cinema camera, which has become pretty common practice these days in moviemaking. Maybe he no longer sees any sort of point in continuing digitally.

As far as “Heat 2” is concerned, reader WillMunny made an excellent point regarding a key figure that could “glue” both films together: bring back original DP Dante Spinotti and the “bluish, metallic cityscapes” of the original.

Spinotti is 80 years old, but he’s still actively working. Mann should make it a priority to bring him back.