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- Condition
- Book Title
- Cinema of Mike Leigh : A Sense of the Real
- ISBN
- 9781904764106
- Subject Area
- Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Cinema of Mike Leigh : a Sense of the Real
- Publisher
- WallFlower Jeans Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- Film / General, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Series
- Directors' Cuts Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 15.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
WallFlower Jeans Press
ISBN-10
190476410X
ISBN-13
9781904764106
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038396614
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Publication Name
Cinema of Mike Leigh : a Sense of the Real
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Film / General, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Series
Directors' Cuts Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Watson tackles critics' complaints head-on [and is sensitive to the pain and suffering that define the worlds of Leigh's chararacters...Essential." -- Choice
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
791.430233092
Table Of Content
Preface Abbreviations Part 1. Establishing a New Context for Leigh's work i. The Receptions of Leigh's Work So Far: Revising Our Expectations ii. The Extraordinary Element of Too Muchness at the Heart of the Ordinary: In the Midst of Life iii. Traversing the Fantasy: Touching the Real Part Two: The Films (1): "A Lamentation and a Celebration" iv. The Feminist Leigh: Two Women "On the Other Side of Silence" ( Bleak Moments , Hard Labour ) v. Leigh and Lawrence on the "Middle Class Thing" and What It Leaves Out ( Nuts in May , Grown-Ups , Kiss of Death ) vi. The Political and the Flaubertian Leigh: On Stupidity, Taste, Anger, and Resistance ( Abigail's Party , Who's Who , Home Sweet Home , Meantime and A Sense of History ) vii. Comedies Celebrating Marriage, the Family, and the Pursuit of Happiness ( Four Days in July , The Short and Curlies , High Hopes , Life Is Sweet ) Part Three: The Films (2): "A Very Traumatic Journey" viii. "Are You with Me?" Leigh's "Traumatizing Seducer" ( Naked ) ix. In Search of the Missing Mother/Daughter ( Secrets and Lies ) x. A Meta-Commentary on Leigh's Art and an Exploration of Female Friendship ( Career Girls ) xi. Work as Play: The Utopian Element ( Topsy-Turvy ) xii. "In the Messianic Light" ( All or Nothing ) Bibliography
Synopsis
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 same time, he takes on the very concepts of "the real" and "the ordinary" in regard to Leigh's work, challenging much perceived thinking among critics and moviegoers alike. To what category does the director's work really belong? Is it British Realism? The avant garde? Through careful textual detail and wider social and literary comparison with the works of Charles Dickens and T. S. Eliot, he argues ultimately for the aritistic and cultural significance of Leigh's work as one of Britian's most respected filmmakers., A keen observer of British manners and mores, Mike Leigh has been hailed as a celebrator of 'ordinary' people. Comparing and contrasting 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 both their influence and their effect. Through careful textual detail and wider social and literary comparison with the works of Charles Dickens and T.S. Eliot, he argues ultimately for the aritistic and cultural significance of Leigh's work as one of Britain's most respected film-makers., A keen observer of British manners and mores, Mike Leigh has been hailed as a celebrator of 'ordinary' people. Comparing and contrasting all his films from Bleak Moments and High Hopesthrough Naked, the Oscar nominated Secrets and Liesand Topsy Turvyto All or Nothing, Garry Watson considers this claim, examining both their influence and their effect. Through careful textual detail and wider social and literary comparison with the works of Charles Dickens and T.S. Eliot, he argues ultimately for the aritistic and cultural significance of Leigh's work as one of Britain's most respected film-makers.
LC Classification Number
PN1998.3.L445
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