Mike Leigh

by Sean O'Sullivan

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252078195
• ISBN13: 9780252078194
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"