This week on Extra Milestone, I’m joined by returning guest and fellow cinephile Andrew McMahon to break down an enticing double feature spanning numerous decades and genres. First up is a cinematic and musical appetizer in the form of Gimme Shelter, the iconic Rolling Stones documentary directed by Charlotte Zwerin and the Maysles Brothers, chronicling the doomed Altamont Speedway concert outside of San Francisco in December of 1969, a tragic failure that swiftly signaled the downfall of the Counterculture Movement. After that, we jump forward to Michael Mann’s Heat, a stylish and captivating crime drama featuring the first onscreen collaboration between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, and which has maintained its legacy as one of the best films of its kind.
NOTE: Andrew mistakenly refers to the late Brian Jones as ‘Brian Taylor’ early in the show due to a confusion with Mick Taylor, Jones’s replacement band member.
SHOW NOTES:
- 00:02:02 – Gimme Shelter
- 00:45:26 – Heat
HOSTED BY: Sam Noland and Andrew McMahon
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE: “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones, “God Moving Over the Face of the Waters” by Moby
THE VAN WAS SPOSED TO BE HERE!!!
Last I heard it was DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!
HEAT is my favorite movie of all time. Between Val Kilmer and the robbery scene in particular, nothing beats this one for me.
It’s hard to go wrong with it! That’s (at least) one thing you and Tom Hiddleston have in common 🙂
Been meaning to rewatch Heat since I redid the surround sound in my living room….can’t wait to hear the gunfight go downn with those bad boys blaring.
Sounds like a blast!
I hope you talk about Manhunter in the future too
Actually haven’t seen that one yet! We’ll see what happens 😉