Name: The Heist
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-07-24
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Mark Kermode

The Asphalt Jungle, Rififi, The League of Gentlemen. All these movies were influential in The Heist genre.

Mark Kermode deconstruct The Heist movies, itself spun out from film noir into its own distinct brand.

I like Kermode's style as he explains how the past affects the present. Jack Hawkins makes an appearance from a drain wearing a tuxedo in The League of Gentleman. In the Ocean's 11 remake, George Clooney leaves prison wearing a tuxedo.

The various car chases in Baby Driver owe a lot to The French Connection, Drive, Freebie and the Bean as well a musicals. He has a sly dig at Quentin Tarantino as he shows how Hong Kong crime thrillers influenced Tarantino for films such as Reservoir Dogs.

Kermode also highlights the gender imbalance in these movies. Women are often decorative or just femme fatales in these type of films. Exceptions are movies such as Set it Off.

This an enjoyable episode, it allowed me to see some films in a new way. I remember the scene in the cafe when Robert De Niro and Al Pacino meet for the first time in the film Heat, I can even recall some of the dialogue. I never noticed that the background characters are almost invisible, just leaving the main actors as mirror images of each other and it was films in a German Expressionist style.

The documentary is a form of non-fiction storytelling that aims to present factual information, insights, and perspectives on real-world subjects, events, issues, or people. Documentaries can cover a wide range of topics, including history, science, culture, social issues, nature, biographies, and more.

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