A 4K restoration suggests one might be in the works but I haven't seen anything to confirm that.
One of my favourite movies. So glad I got to see this at the cinema.
Strangely though, the only scene I did not really like in the entire movie was the one where DeNiro and Pacino talk face to face, as I just thought it seemed a bit contrived in order to have a scene with DeNiro and Pacino acting together.
I'd have to disagree with Cas on this one, I don't think Mann has deliberately mixed the dialogue down, it's just this is a soundtrack that's all about dynamic range. I appreciate that I'm luckier than most in that I'm watching the film in a dedicated home cinema with a 7.2-channel system but I never had any problems with the dialogue, it was all perfectly clear aside from some method acting mumbling and Pacino's delivery was decidedly and deliberately over-the-top at times. However when the gunfire starts it's incredibly loud because its designed to sound like real guns and that's what makes that shootout so amazingly visceral and realistic. I had the same experience when I saw Heat at the cinema and in particular when the shaped charge on the armoured car goes off and blows out the car windows, that was almost painful. I understand that's of little consolation if you're trying to watch Heat at night and have to keep changing the volume but I believe that is how the soundtrack was designed from the very beginning.
I usually prefer DTS HD MA soundtarcks to Dolby True HD which is why I bought the movie again.
I'd have to disagree with Cas on this one, I don't think Mann has deliberately mixed the dialogue down, it's just this is a soundtrack that's all about dynamic range. I appreciate that I'm luckier than most in that I'm watching the film in a dedicated home cinema with a 7.2-channel system but I never had any problems with the dialogue, it was all perfectly clear aside from some method acting mumbling and Pacino's delivery was decidedly and deliberately over-the-top at times. However when the gunfire starts it's incredibly loud because its designed to sound like actual guns, which is what makes that shootout so amazingly visceral and realistic. I had the same experience when I saw Heat at the cinema and in particular when the shaped charge on the armoured car goes off and blows out the car windows, that was almost painful. I understand that's of little consolation if you're trying to watch Heat at night and have to keep changing the volume but I believe that is how the soundtrack was designed from the very beginning.
In an interview i read,but bloody cant remember where ,Mann said that his soundtracks try to reflect real life,and that how he mixes them
You know that technically there's no difference between them?
For the record gunshots are not technically that loud - particularly from pistols. There are 2 parts to a gunshot...The crack and the thump. The crack is the bullet flying past you and the thump is the sound of the weapon system firing. Yes they can be loud if several are fired together but I can assure that any gun shot that involves any bass frequency had been "Hollywood-ised" just like the ever lasting magazine that contains the bullets.