02561nam 2200637Ia 450 991045763460332120200520144314.01-283-24437-397866132443760-252-09340-2(CKB)2550000000089041(OCoLC)756582683(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532401(SSID)ssj0000544292(PQKBManifestationID)11355005(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544292(PQKBWorkID)10534931(PQKB)10671805(MiAaPQ)EBC3413929(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649219(MdBmJHUP)muse23672(Au-PeEL)EBL3413929(CaPaEBR)ebr10532401(CaONFJC)MIL324437(OCoLC)923493823(EXLCZ)99255000000008904120110201d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMike Leigh[electronic resource] /Sean O'SullivanUrbana University of Illinois Pressc20111 online resource (209 p.) Contemporary film directorsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-252-07819-5 0-252-03638-7 Includes filmography.Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Contemporary film directors.Motion picture producers and directorsBiographyElectronic books.Motion picture producers and directors791.43/0233092O'Sullivan Sean1965-996706MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457634603321Mike Leigh2285281UNINA