The Cinema of Mike Leigh: A Sense of the Real

by Garry Watson

Book Overview

A keen observer of manners and mores, Mike Leigh has been hailed as a celebrator of "ordinary" people, yet it wasn't until relatively recently that audiences have been able to appreciate the full body of his work. In discussing all his films from Bleak Moments and High Hopes through Naked, the Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies and Topsy Turvy, to All or Nothing, Garry Watson considers this claim, examining the films'influence and their effect. At the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190476410X
• ISBN13: 9781904764106
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Wallflower Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher