{"product_id":"mike-leigh-on-mike-leigh-paperback","title":"Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Leigh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new edition updates Mike Leigh's career to his most recent films, \u003ci\u003eMister Turner\u003c\/i\u003e and the epic masterpiece \u003ci\u003ePeterloo.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won the top prize at both Cannes (for \u003ci\u003eSecrets \u0026amp; Lies\u003c\/i\u003e) and Venice (for \u003ci\u003eVera Drake\u003c\/i\u003e) - Mike Leigh is unquestionably one of world cinema's pre-eminent figures. Now, in this definitive career-length interview, he reflects on all that has gone into the making of his unique body of work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In their commingling of bleakness and humor, Leigh's films recreate the tragi-comic world of people whose everyday lives are far from glamorous: a world in which 'the done thing' usually prevails, contrary to our inner hopes, wants or needs. Leigh's work has always reflected its times and entered the vernacular, whether the harsh studies of \u003ci\u003eMeantime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNaked\u003c\/i\u003e or the humor of the now-legendary \u003ci\u003eAbigail's Party\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNuts in May\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Above all, Leigh is an accomplished storyteller, and these films deal with universal themes: births, marriages and deaths, parenthood and failed relationships, families and their secrets and lies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Within these pages Leigh speaks to Amy Raphael more openly than ever before of his life and inimitable working method, revealing himself as passionate, forthright, no sufferer of fools, but the owner of a dry and playful Mancunian wit.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Raphael\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1967. She has worked on \u003ci\u003eThe Face\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and now freelances for \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eNever Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Virago in 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.89 x 9.21 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756402671904,"sku":"9780571353828","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3da80b1240ba96b6c9a81a9f462527f9.webp?v=1780079478","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mike-leigh-on-mike-leigh-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}