Reddit Names This 30-Year-Old Action Gem With 94% on RT the Most Unfair Oscar Snub in History
It certainly deserved at least one nomination.
The Academy's recognition of Jacques Audiard and his Emilia Pérez greatly upset film critics and viewers. The people's main grievance is that, for a project set in Mexico, the director not only did not shoot the movie there, he did not even visit the country and did not bother to cast Mexican actors.
This prompted fans to recall other unfair decisions by the Academy and those films that, despite the admiration of both critics and viewers, did not receive a single Oscar nomination.
Reddit Users Chose a Michael Mann Movie as the Biggest Oscar Snub in History
Many Reddit users agreed that one such film was Michael Mann's Heat, released in 1995, which has a near-perfect 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Redditor TorontosCold was surprised that this action masterpiece was not even nominated in the technical categories:
“This is legitimately insane. How it didn't even get a technical nom for sound editing is ridiculous.”
That year, Mel Gibson's Braveheart won the award for Best Sound Editing, as well as the Best Picture statuette.
What Is Heat About?
Neil McCauley's Los Angeles gang is known for its discipline, and preparation. They carefully plan robberies and raids to avoid casualties and unnecessary fuss.
Veteran police lieutenant Vincent Hanna is on the criminals' trail. They know about the surveillance, but still decide to rob a downtown bank – $30 million is at stake.
30 Years Later, Heat Is Still Michael Mann's Best Movie Ever
Heat is the culmination of Michael Mann's directorial ambitions. A three-hour crime saga about the clash of two exorbitant male egos and the most subtle, sad and thoughtful reflection on the nature of male solidarity.
The location is all of Los Angeles, whose urban smog and neon lights set the visual style for the entire film. In the frame are titans of acting, whose interaction on the same screen is impossible to watch without admiration – Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer.
Heat Is an Exemplary Work in the Crime Action Genre
No one before or since has made such a striking film about male nature as Michael Mann in Heat.
This is a movie in which gunfights become poetry, and action scenes do not try to impress with spectacular cruelty, but immediately get under your skin because they are filmed with maximum immersion in the action.
Simply put, Heat is Michael Mann's all-time masterpiece, which definitely deserved at least one Oscar nomination, but received something more important – the unconditional love of millions of viewers.