The cinema of Mike Leigh : a sense of the real / Garry Watson.
| Author/creator | Watson, Garry, 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Wallflower, 2004. |
| Description | x, 207 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Directors' cuts Directors' cuts. ^A588854 |
| Contents | Establishing a new context: the reception of Leigh's work: revising our expectations -- The extraordinary element of too-muchness at the heart of the ordinary -- In pursuit of the real -- The films (I) -- The feminist Leigh: two women 'on the other side of silence' -- Leigh and Lawrence on 'the middle-class thing' and what it leaves out -- The political and the Falubertian Leigh: on stupidity, taste, anger and resistance -- Comedies celebrating marriage, the family and the pursuit of happiness -- The films (II) -- 'Are you with me?': Leigh's traumatising seducer' -- In search of the missing mother/daughter -- A meta-commentary on Leigh's art and an exploration of female friendship -- Work as play: the utopian element -- 'In the messianic light' -- A sense of the real. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index. |
| ISBN | 1903364906 |
| ISBN | 190476410X (pbk.) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1998.3.L445 W38 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |