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The very funny actor and comedian Chris Calogero joins me from Los Angeles for a discussion on one of the great L.A. films, Michael Mann’s Heat!

Michael Mann is back in action lately, with Ferrari in production, the impending release of his first novel Heat 2, and the news that it will be adapted for the screen as a prequel/sequel to the 1995 classic.

Chris and I go to Riff City for this episode: we talk about the influence Waingro has had on today’s hard-right insurrectionists, Mann’s 1989 TV movie L.A. Takedown which Heat is a remake of, the increasing insanity of Al Pacino’s portrayal of Vincent Hanna, and finally we also offer Mann some free ideas for what he can do when he finally adapts Heat 2 for the big screen.

You can watch L.A. Takedown (Mann, 1989) for free on YouTube.

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