Second Glance: The Endlessly Quotable and Fiendishly Clever ‘Heist’
Originally published on Flavorwire, 11/7/16 Welcome to “Second Glance,” a bi-weekly column that spotlights an older film of note (thanks to an anniversary, a connection to a new release, or new disc or streaming availability) that was not as commercially or critically successful as it should’ve been. This week, in celebration of its 15th anniversary, we look at David Mamet’s witty and well-crafted Heist , starring the great Gene Hackman. 2001 was a big year for the heist movie. That summer gave us the onscreen union of three generations of Method acting – Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and Edward Norton – in the slick studio caper flick The Score . That Christmas, an all-star cast of gorgeous movie stars gathered around newly minted Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh for a fabulously profitable remake of Ocean’s Eleven . And in between, a smaller, nastier movie with the rather too generic title Heist was all but ignored, in spite of its stellar ensemble cast, sharp direction, and