The Films of Mike Leigh

by Ray Carney and Leonard Quart

Book Overview

The Films of Mike Leigh is the first critical study of one of the most important and eccentric directors of British independent filmmaking. Although active since 1971, Leigh has only come to the attention of an international audience in the 1990s through films such as Secrets and Lies and Career Girls. Like Robert Altman and John Cassevetes, Leigh works improvisationally, beginning with a small group of actors around whom he builds his films during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521485185
• ISBN13: 9780521485180
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"