I watched Heat again the other night. I've loved it in the past. Great performances, Pacino vs De Niro, blah blah blah. And something occurred to me.
Heat is about the lives of men*. How they have adventures, and their relationships with each other.
The women in Heat serve merely as stereotypes to show quite how shitty the bad guys are, and how great the good(ish) guys. Young prostitute murdered by her client, battered wife, adoring girlfriend, neglected wife, loving but troubled teenage stepdaughter who has been let down by her (shitty) dad.
I spent a long time ignoring or being unaware of women's place in the world, and feminist issues. Now I can't stop having my nose rubbed in to how women are not actually people, unlike men.
* Other films are available