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"...no other study to date sheds such revealing light on Leigh's background, his influences, his emotional groundings and, of course, his unique cinematic sensibility." Moviemaker, Winter 2001
"This is quite simply the best book of film criticism I have ever read." --Caveh Zahedi, Filmmaker, Fall 2000
"This is quite simply the best book of film criticism I have ever read." --Caveh Zahedi, Filmmaker, Fall 2000
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The Films of Mike Leigh is the first critical study of one of the most important and eccentric directors of British independent filmmaking. Although active since 1971, Leigh has only come to the attention of an international audience in the 1990s through films such as Secrets and Lies, and Career Girls. The authors examine Leigh's working method and films in the intellectual and social contexts in which they were created. All of Leigh's major box office successes are analyzed, interpreted, and shown to be among the finest examples of cinema.
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The best way to define the distinctive qualities of Leigh's work (and the implicit challenge it presents for viewers) is to notice its difference from mainstream American film. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abigail's Party, High Hopes, Bleak Moments, Hard Labour, Home Sweet Home, Mike Leigh, Citizen Kane, Madame Merle, Isabel Archer, While June, Alison Steadman, Four Days, Lord Crouchurst, Michael Douglas, Norman Bates, Charles Foster Kane, Forrest Gump, Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Stylistic Introduction, Michael Coveney, Flicky Fleet, Frank Sinatra, Kobal Collection New!
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The best way to define the distinctive qualities of Leigh's work (and the implicit challenge it presents for viewers) is to notice its difference from mainstream American film. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abigail's Party, High Hopes, Bleak Moments, Hard Labour, Home Sweet Home, Mike Leigh, Citizen Kane, Madame Merle, Isabel Archer, While June, Alison Steadman, Four Days, Lord Crouchurst, Michael Douglas, Norman Bates, Charles Foster Kane, Forrest Gump, Harvey Keitel, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Stylistic Introduction, Michael Coveney, Flicky Fleet, Frank Sinatra, Kobal Collection New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- High Hopes by Mike Leigh on 51 pages
- Secrets and Lies by Mike Leigh on 10 pages
- The World According to Mike Leigh by Michael Coveney on 6 pages
- Career Girls by Mike Leigh on 4 pages
- Naked and Other Screenplays by Mike Leigh on 4 pages
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- British Film (National Film Traditions) by Jim Leach in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Reading the Everyday by Joe Moran in Back Matter
- American Film and Society since 1945 by Leonard Quart in Back Matter
- John Cassavetes: The Adventure of Insecurity (Studies in Contemporary Film) by Ray Carney in Back Matter
- The Revival of Pragmatism: New Essays on Social Thought, Law, and Culture (Post-Contemporary Interventions) by Morris Dickstein in Back Matter
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