I simply want to recommend a fantastic book about Mike Leigh's
work that I discovered: Ray Carney's The Films of Mike Leigh:
Embracing the World published by Cambridge University Press.
Carney is the best film critic I've ever read--few footnotes, no
jargon, amazing passion for the subject, and mind-bending
insights. Check out the book. I keep it on my coffee table so that as
I am working my way through Leigh's films on video I can read the
chapter on each film immediately after watching it. Carney's
beautiful descriptions of scenes and subtle insights often make
me pop the video in again to check out a scene or two or three a
second time. Like having an ideal guide through a tangled and
uphill but sublime landscape. This book should be bundled with
the videos! Check out Naked, check out the book, and check out
the other Leigh films too which are in it: Bleak Moments,
Meantime, Abigail's Party, and all the rest. They are all wonderful
movies and I see even more in them now that I have read this
book.
work that I discovered: Ray Carney's The Films of Mike Leigh:
Embracing the World published by Cambridge University Press.
Carney is the best film critic I've ever read--few footnotes, no
jargon, amazing passion for the subject, and mind-bending
insights. Check out the book. I keep it on my coffee table so that as
I am working my way through Leigh's films on video I can read the
chapter on each film immediately after watching it. Carney's
beautiful descriptions of scenes and subtle insights often make
me pop the video in again to check out a scene or two or three a
second time. Like having an ideal guide through a tangled and
uphill but sublime landscape. This book should be bundled with
the videos! Check out Naked, check out the book, and check out
the other Leigh films too which are in it: Bleak Moments,
Meantime, Abigail's Party, and all the rest. They are all wonderful
movies and I see even more in them now that I have read this
book.