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PATREON EXCLUSIVE 'The Logic of Sense' in Michael Mann's 'Heat': Deleuze, Crime, and the Crystal Image

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0400

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How does "heat" in Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat relate to concepts in Deleuze's The Logic of Sense? Craig is joined by Bob Langan, and Jay Conway to read Michael Mann's film through The Logic of Sense, tracing how cop and criminal, attachment and discipline, hot and cold, resonate across the film's Los Angeles backdrop. Along the way we touch on the professional monasticism of the antagonists, Mann's other films, Deleuze's work on detective novels, and novelist Edward Bunker, whose life and work anchor Jay's forthcoming book on confinement and escape.

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