Premium Episode 66 - Paranoiac Films 9: Michael Mann’s Heat and the Real-Life Neil McCauley, José Vigoa, pt. 1

[originally published on Patreon Aug 10, 2023]

Today I discuss the seminal 1995 film Heat, it's plot, the "dudes rock" factor, and the philosophical themes of the film. 

Then I discuss a real-life parallel to the de Niro character from the film. Not the actual real-life Chicago criminal Neil McCauley, but the story of José Vigoa. Vigoa was many things: a Cuban, a commando. a Marielito, a drug kingpin, a family man, and a heist man. There are two more episodes so prepare for some twists and turns.

episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__

Songs:

An Ending (Ascent) by Brian Eno

a clip of Cantares de Navidad by Trio Vegabajeño y Bad Bunny

A New Morning by Eirik Suhrke