Michael Mann’s First Novel, a Sequel to ‘Heat,’ Is a Work of Obsession

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( mann up [Michael Mann’s First Novel, a Sequel to Heat, Is a Work of Obsession]( One that occasionally deploys jet-fighter metaphors in sex scenes. Photo: Warner Bros. Michael Mann has spent decades of his life thinking about his 1995 crime epic, Heat. Specifically, the dynamic between its two protagonists, LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and professional thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), had transfixed him as far back as the 1970s, when the Chicago detective Chuck Adamson planted the germ of a movie idea in the director’s head. Adamson told Mann about the time he got coffee with the real-life McCauley, and about how he and the thief developed a mutual respect for each other before Adamson’s team later killed McCauley in the street. Mann began writing and eventually used that basic premise for his 1989 TV movie,[L.A. Takedown](, before expanding on it six years later in Heat, a ludicrously ambitious, almost-three-hour movie that uses Hanna’s and McCauley’s entwined fates as the narrative backbone of a sprawling L.A. crime saga. [Read The Story »]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • [Better Call Saul:]( Getting Away With It • [The Bachelorette:]( Him? • [Only Murders in the Building:]( What Turns Up in the Dark [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like 1. [Who’s the Greatest Star? A Timeline of Casting Funny Girl. Jane Lynch is now departing even earlier.]( By Jason P. Frank 2. [Taylor Swift Says You Can’t Copy Lyrics You’ve Never Heard The “Shake It Off” singer claims she’s never heard 3LW’s “Playas Gon’ Play” in a lawsuit.]( By Zoe Guy 3. [Kenan Thompson Will Kindly Host the 2022 Emmy Awards Even though he didn’t receive a nomination. What’s up with that, Emmy voters?]( By Jason P. Frank 4. [John Travolta, Mia Farrow, Dionne Warwick, and More Remember Olivia Newton-John “Yours from the first moment I saw you and forever! Your Danny, your John!”]( By Zoe Guy [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( 5. [Wes Studi Traveled His Own Road Here On his time in Vietnam, his activism in the American Indian Movement, and his first romantic lead role in A Love Song.]( By Bilge Ebiri [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 25-Across, Three Letters: One of many in Sydney Sweeney’s collection. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue, Xavier Laine/Getty Images, and Toni Anne Barson/Getty Images for iHeartMedia Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. [Watch Resurrection](, now available on demand. Its contrasting ambiguity and literalness, captured in the film’s body-horror ending, make for unexpected nightmare fuel. [Read more from Vulture]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved