Mike Leigh: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
Movshovitz, Howie,
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Description for Mike Leigh: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)
Paperback. Leigh talks about both his work style and the emotional and intellectual toughness that characterises his approach to filmmaking. Editor(s): Movshovitz, Howie. Series: Conversations with Filmmakers. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
British filmmaker Mike Leigh began his career in the 1970s as a playwright and theater director. Later he made a number of films of varying lengths for British television and then moved into feature film production. Although well established in the U. K., he slowly gained a reputation in the United States, where, at first, his work was known to a relatively small number of filmgoers and critics. Such major films as High Hopes and Life Is Sweet attracted little attention in America. With the release of Secrets and Lies, however, the audience for Leigh's films increased dramatically. Mike Leigh: ... Read more
British filmmaker Mike Leigh began his career in the 1970s as a playwright and theater director. Later he made a number of films of varying lengths for British television and then moved into feature film production. Although well established in the U. K., he slowly gained a reputation in the United States, where, at first, his work was known to a relatively small number of filmgoers and critics. Such major films as High Hopes and Life Is Sweet attracted little attention in America. With the release of Secrets and Lies, however, the audience for Leigh's films increased dramatically. Mike Leigh: ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Series
Conversations with Filmmakers Series
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781578060689
SKU
V9781578060689
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Ref
99-50
About Movshovitz, Howie,
Howie Movshovitz is the director of FilmCenter Denver in the College of Arts and Media at the University of Colorado. He also is a film critic for Colorado Public Radio and a contributor to Playboy.com and ""Morning Edition"" on NPR.
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