The Films of Mike Leigh |
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| Author:
| Carney, Ray
Quart, Leonard |
| Contribution by:
| Carney, Ray |
| Series title: | Cambridge Film Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-05919-3 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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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. Ray Carney examines 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,...
More DescriptionThe 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. Ray Carney examines 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.