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Mike Leigh

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Author : Mike Leigh
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2000

Mike Leigh written by Mike Leigh and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Collected interviews with the British filmmaker of High Hopes, Life Is Sweet, and Secrets and Lies

The Cinema Of Mike Leigh

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Author : Garry Watson
language : en
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Release Date : 2004

The Cinema Of Mike Leigh written by Garry Watson and has been published by Wallflower Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Performing Arts categories.

A keen observer of British manners and mores, Mike Leigh has been hailed as a celebrator of 'ordinary' people. Comparing and contrasting all his films from Bleak Moments and High Hopes through Naked, the Oscar nominated Secrets and Lies and Topsy Turvy to All or Nothing, Garry Watson considers this claim, examining both their influence and their effect. Through careful textual detail and wider social and literary comparison with the works of Charles Dickens and T.S. Eliot, he argues ultimately for the aritistic and cultural significance of Leigh's work as one of Britain's most respected film-makers.

Mike Leigh

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Author : Sean O'Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2011-08-01

Mike Leigh written by Sean O'Sullivan and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-01 with Performing Arts categories.

In this much needed examination of Mike Leigh, Sean O'Sullivan reclaims the British director as a practicing theorist--a filmmaker deeply invested in cinema's formal, conceptual, and narrative dimensions. In contrast with Leigh's prevailing reputation as a straightforward crafter of social realist movies, 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. O'Sullivan challenges the prevailing characterizations of Leigh's cinema by detailing the complicated constructions of his realism, positing his films not as transparent records of life but as aesthetic transformations of it. Concentrating on the most recent two decades of Leigh's career, the study examines how Naked, Secrets and Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Vera Drake, and other films engage narrative convergence and narrative diffusion, the tension between character and plot, the interplay of coincidence and design, cinema's relationship to other systems of representation, and the filmic rendering of the human figure. The book also spotlights such earlier, less-discussed works as Four Days in July and The Short and Curlies, illustrating the recurring visual and storytelling concerns of Leigh's cinema. With a detailed filmography, this volume also includes key selections from O'Sullivan's several interviews with Leigh.

The World According To Mike Leigh

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Author : Michael Coveney
language : en
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Release Date : 1997

The World According To Mike Leigh written by Michael Coveney and has been published by Trafalgar Square Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This is a biography of Mike Leigh, one of Britain's most original film makers and playwrights, and the creator of High Hopes, Abigail's Party and Naked. He is well-known for the unique methods that he uses.

Mike Leigh

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Author : Tony Whitehead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-07-15

Mike Leigh written by Tony Whitehead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Mike Leigh may well be Britain's greatest living film director; his world-view has permeated our national consciousness. This book gives detailed readings of the nine feature films he has made for the cinema, as well as an overview of his work for television. Written with the co-operation of Leigh himself, this is the first study of his work to challenge the critical privileging of realism in histories of the British cinema, placing the emphasis instead on the importance of comedy and humor: of jokes and their functions, of laughter as a survival mechanism, and of characterizations and situations that disrupt our preconceptions of "realism".

Stanislavsky And Screen Actor Training

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Author : Evi Stamatiou
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2025-12-17

Stanislavsky And Screen Actor Training written by Evi Stamatiou and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-12-17 with Performing Arts categories.

Stanislavsky and Screen Actor Training is a collection of essays mapping the acting field’s current engagement with Stanislavsky practices and concepts for training in the screen industries across continents. This edited volume collates the efforts of teachers of screen acting to identify, investigate, articulate, document, and disseminate Stanislavsky-inspired practical tools for actor training for the screen. Providing reflections from instructors and teachers of acting for the screen, it interrogates the ways in which the actor’s craft affects cinematic processes and experiences through the lens of Stanislavskian methods. Part one looks at the ways in which Stanislavsky’s concepts can be applied within the screenacting studio. Then, part two moves on to investigate the process of active analysis within the studio. Part three presents ways in which Stanislavsky’s methodologies can be adapted for the screenacting process. Finally, part four looks at Stanislavsky-inspired pedagogical innovations for training screen actors. Support material for this book is available at www.routledge.com/9781032986081

Mike Leigh On Mike Leigh

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Author : Mike Leigh
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber Film
Release Date : 2021-10-07

Mike Leigh On Mike Leigh written by Mike Leigh and has been published by Faber & Faber Film this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-07 with Motion picture producers and directors categories.

This new edition updates Mike Leigh's career to his most recent films, Mister Turner and the epic masterpiece Peterloo. Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both Cannes (for Secrets & Lies) and Venice (for Vera Drake) - Mike Leigh is unquestionably one of world cinema's pre-eminent figures. Now, in this definitive career-length interview, he reflects on all that has gone into the making of his unique body of work. In their commingling of bleakness and humor, Leigh's films recreate the tragi-comic world of people whose everyday lives are far from glamorous: a world in which 'the done thing' usually prevails, contrary to our inner hopes, wants or needs. Leigh's work has always reflected its times and entered the vernacular, whether the harsh studies of Meantime and Naked or the humor of the now-legendary Abigail's Party and Nuts in May. Above all, Leigh is an accomplished storyteller, and these films deal with universal themes: births, marriages and deaths, parenthood and failed relationships, families and their secrets and lies. Within these pages Leigh speaks to Amy Raphael more openly than ever before of his life and inimitable working method, revealing himself as passionate, forthright, no sufferer of fools, but the owner of a dry and playful Mancunian wit.

Guiltless Pleasures A David Sterritt Film Reader

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Author : David Sterritt
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2005

Guiltless Pleasures A David Sterritt Film Reader written by David Sterritt and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Motion pictures categories.

Twenty One Landmark European Films 1939 1999

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Author : Bert Cardullo
language : en
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Release Date : 2015-04-01

Twenty One Landmark European Films 1939 1999 written by Bert Cardullo and has been published by Algora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Performing Arts categories.

The essays in this insightful film-analysis text show cover twenty-one of the best European films made between the coming of World War II and the end of the twentieth century, showing what makes each of them outstanding. These essays are clear and readable—that is, sophisticated and meaty yet not overly technical or jargon-heavy. They will make perfect introductions to their respective films as well as important contributions to the field of film studies in general. Written with university students in mind, these essays cover some of the central films treated—and central issues raised—in today’s cinema courses and provide students with practical models to help them improve their own writing and analytical skills. A list of questions for discussion is included, to trigger further thinking among film buffs and to help educators prepare for class. The book is aimed at students, teachers, and cinephiles with an interest in European cinema in particular and cinema studies in general, as well as at those educated readers with an interest in the practice of film analysis and criticism. The only competition comes from Stanley Kauffmann’s relatively brief Ten Great Films (136 pp., 2012). The current work offers twenty-one illustrated essays (Kauffmann’s book contains no images) and focuses on Europe. (The countries represented are France, Italy, England, Hungary, Belgium, Sweden, Scotland, Denmark, Russia, Spain, Germany, Scotland, and Finland.) Twenty-One Landmark European Films, 1939-1999 overlaps with Kauffmann’s book only in the case of L’avventura, though the two approach this film from vastly different angles. Moreover, the book provides a complete critical apparatus—notes, bibliographies, credits, and filmographies, whereas Kauffmann’s has none. This book could be one of the primary texts for courses in film analysis, to accompany a work like Timothy Corrigan’s A Short Guide to Writing about Film (8th edition, 2011). It would also be a suitable supplementary or secondary text in such courses as 'Introduction to Film' or 'Film Appreciation'; 'Western European Cinema'; 'History of Film' or 'Global Cinema'; and 'Film Directors' or 'Film Style and Imagination.'

Fires Were Started

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Author : Lester D. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Release Date : 2006

Fires Were Started written by Lester D. Friedman and has been published by Wallflower Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Performing Arts categories.

Fires Were Started is a provocative analysis of the responses of British film to the policies and political ideology of the Conservative governments of Margaret Thatcher and it represents an original and stimulating contribution to our knowledge of British cinema. This second edition includes revised and updated contributions from some of the leading scholars of British cinema, including Thomas Elsaesser, Peter Wollen and Manthia Diawara. The book discuss prominent filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway, Derek Jarman, Ken Russell, Nicolas Roeg and Stephen Frears, it also explores some lesser known but equally important territory such as the work of Black British filmmakers, the Leeds Animation Workshop and Channel 4's Film on Four. Films discussed include Distant Voices, Still Lives, My Beautiful Launderette, Chariots of Fire and Drowning by Numbers.