Mike Leigh to Be Honored at Mediterrane Film Festival With Career Achievement Award - Does anybody here knows his work?

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• hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, his ‘kitchen sink realism’ movies are seen as great character studies of brotish working class life.

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• livus@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  @Blaze thanks! yes it doesn't federate here, so I have joined with my other account.

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  • Blaze@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You are welcome! Great, looking forward hearing from you on those topics!

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• Blaze@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Additional link: www.bfi.org.uk/…/where-begin-with-mike-leigh

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• Blaze@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  First time I hear about him, is anybody a big fan of his films?

  By the way, thank you @livus@kbin.social to keep !movies@kbin.social active. I pinged you in !fedigrow@lemm.ee, it’s a community for regular posters, you might be interested. I’m not sure the community is federated with Kbin (tried to federate it using my kbin.social account but no luck), you can have a look at the threads here: lemm.ee/c/fedigrow

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  • Spendrill@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So he rose to fame here in the UK for a couple of tv plays, Abigail’s Party and Nuts In May which poked fun at the middle class and were very funny at the time but for modern audiences would probably not land the same because of the specific cultural references.

    High Hopes did the same kind of thing on the big screen, once again it’s a snapshot of its time.

    Life Is Sweet and Naked are my favourite films of his and if anyone feels like dipping into his work these are the two I’d suggest you start with, Life Is Sweet is a gentler comedy than Naked, which is probably his blackest film in terms of the comedy. (Vera Drake, which I haven’t seen, is a drama which is reportedly unremittingly bleak.)

    Secrets and Lies was one of his most lauded films, the usual trademarks of his films are here: an interest in the specific signifieirs of class and community, some warm humour and a sympathetic look at family relationships that takes in some difficult material, adoption, race relations etc…

    Topsy-Turvy was his first foray into period/costume drama and tells the story of the writing of the comic opera The Mikado by Victorian era authors Gilbert & Sullivan.

    I don’t know how the humour and drama of these films will land for people that are not from England because it is very English.

    More recently his work is more overtly political and I haven’t kept up with it because, although I suspect that we’d find quite a lot to agree on politically, I go to the pictures to be entertained not to be lectured.

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    • andrew_s@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From the long-distant past, I can still remember choosing 'Secrets and Lies' as something to watch when I was living with house-mates. I didn't know anything about it, just that it was highly regarded by critics. Everyone in the house hated it, it was an awkward experience watching it, and I get vague second-hand embarrassment even thinking about that film.

      I should give it another chance sometime, but of Leigh's films, I think Naked is the only one I've liked (but I wouldn't have wanted to watch that with other people in the room either).

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    • Blaze@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Very interesting, thanks!

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