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The Cinema of Mike Leigh: A Sense of the Real
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Product Description
A keen, if somewhat caustic, observer of British manners and mores, Mike Leigh has been hailed as a director who celebrates the lives of 'ordinary' people in his work, both in film and in theatre. Comparing and contrasting all his films from Bleak Moments and High Hopes through Naked, Career Girls and Topsy-Turvy to All or Nothing, Garry Watson considers this claim, examining the influence and effect of each film, as well as the approach to 'the real'. Through careful textual detail and wider social and literary comparison with the works of Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and D. H. Lawrence amongst others, The Cinema of Mike Leigh: A Sense of the Real argues ultimately for the artistic and cultural significance of Leigh's work as one of Britain's most respected filmmakers and screenwriters.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #525655 in Books
- Published on: 2004-04-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Watson tackles critics' complaints head-on [and is sensitive to the pain and suffering that define the worlds of Leigh's chararacters...Essential." -- "Choice"
About the Author
Garry Watson is Professor of English at the University of Alberta and teaches English, Amercian literature and cinema. He is the co-editor of Approaches to Teaching the Works of D. H. Lawrence (2001)
