ABSTRACT
Because we can’t include a DVD with this book, we have done the next best thing and noted down all the reactions that went on between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro during the first time in film history they played a scene together. It is in Michael Mann’s Heat, with Pacino and De Niro playing a detective and a crook, respectively, and this is also the first time these characters have met in the film. The following is an analysis of the beginning of the scene, and we have noted down how long it was before each spoke—and an approximate description of what reactions they did before speaking. PACINO
[3½ seconds] Flickers eyes right and left twice; takes a breath
DE NIRO[2 seconds] Takes a breath; makes small hand gesture
PACINO[1½ seconds] Moves head up and down
DE NIRO[2 seconds] Makes small grimace
PACINO[1½ seconds] Moves hand
DE NIRO73[4 seconds] Flickers eyes left and right
PACINO[1½ seconds] Opens mouth a little
DE NIRO[½ second] Nods
PACINO[2½ seconds] Nods; flickers eyes right
DE NIRO[2 seconds] Looks up
PACINO[4½ seconds] Nods; turns head looking right
DE NIRO[1½ seconds] Flickers eyes left
PACINO[2 seconds] Makes small smile
DE NIRO[3 seconds] Nods; grimaces; flickers eyes left
PACINO[1 second] Turns head
DE NIRO[6½ seconds] Looks down; turns head; works lips
PACINO[2 seconds] Turns head; looks right
DE NIRO[1½ seconds] Nods; flickers eyes left
PACINO74[1 second] Makes small head movement
DE NIRO[3 seconds] Flickers eyes left; takes breath
PACINO[7 seconds] Nods; flickers eyes right; looks back; then right again
