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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457634603321

Autore

O'Sullivan Sean <1965->

Titolo

Mike Leigh [[electronic resource] /] / Sean O'Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-24437-3

9786613244376

0-252-09340-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Contemporary film directors

Disciplina

791.43/0233092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The nature of contrivance. How to watch a Mike Leigh movie: The short and Curlies -- Biography and career outline -- Character and plot: Meantime and Four days in July -- Art and narrative: Naked and Secrets and Lies -- Topsy-turvy girls, career boys: Career girls and Topsy-turvy -- Vera's fingers: All or Nothing and Vera Drake -- Five lessons, Four seasons: Happy-go-lucky and Another year -- Interview with Mike Leigh.

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of the work of Mike Leigh, Sean O'Sullivan illuminates the visual tropes and storytelling investigations that position Leigh as an experimental filmmaker who uses the art and artifice of cinema to frame tales of the everyday and the extraordinary alike.