Tony Whitehead

Mike Leigh

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mike Leigh may well be Britain's greatest living film director; his worldview has permeated our national consciousness. Written with the co-operation of Leigh himself, 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9780719072376
• ISBN-10: 0719072379
• Artikelnr.: 22705429

Autorenporträt

Tony Whitehead is Cinema Programmer at Chapter in Cardiff, and a part-time Lecturer in Film at the University of Glamorgan

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'You've gotta laugh' 1. 'Really wants to direct': formative
years 2. 'A kind of language': Bleak Moments 3. 'A long time in the womb':
the TV films 4. 'A different world': High Hopes 5. 'So long as you're
happy': Life is Sweet 6. 'The future is now': Naked 7. 'Welcome to the
family': Secrets and Lies 8. 'All these memories': Career Girls 9.
'Laughter - tears - curtain': Topsy-Turvy 10. 'Life's too short': All or
Nothing 11. 'Out of the kindness of her heart': Vera Drake Conclusion: 'The
journey continues' Filmography