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Filmmaker Mike Leigh - Review
Filmmaker Mike Leigh made several low-budget films for television. His films were said to capture the bare essence of an individual's characteristics and social class patterns. They were often characterized as uncomfortable and unpredictable. He is also known to introduce characters with no association to the film's central theme and his efforts to promote political and economic views. Some of Leigh's film credits include 'Grown Ups,' 'Home Sweet Home' and 'Meantime.'See the full content of this document
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Meantime: desolate lives in London.
Long before the critical and popular success of Secrets & Lies, Mike Leigh made many low-budget films for television. Most of these subtle and unique works - e.g., Grown Ups (1980) and Home Sweet Home (1982) - depicted the everyday domestic life and relationships of working-class people. These films never received the same critical consideration as Leigh's theatrically released works, though they had a similar preternatural ability to capture the essence of individual behavior and socia...
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