Mike Leigh
By: Sean O'Sullivan
Series: Contemporary film directors
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780252036385; 9780252078194
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of contrivance. How to watch a Mike Leigh movie: The short and Curlies; title: Biography and career outline; title: Character and plot: Meantime and Four days in July; title: Art and narrative: Naked and Secrets and Lies; title: Topsy-turvy girls, career boys: Career girls and Topsy-turvy; title: Vera's fingers: All or Nothing and Vera Drake; title: Five lessons, Four seasons: Happy-go-lucky and Another year; title: Interview with Mike Leigh.