"Lang's almost musical control of violence deferred both apprehension and catharsis" –Carlos Clarens "The "heat" in this instance is the appalling cruelty; but the "big heat" is criminal slang for a large-scale investigation and an allusion to the hellish state of the city." "”David Thomson The Big Heat (1953) is perhaps one of Fritz Lang's … Continue reading THE BIG VIOLENCE OF FRITZ LANG'S THE BIG HEAT (1953)