Naked (1993)
Directed by Mike Leigh
An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
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I think of Leopold Bloom in Nighttown from Joyce's "Ulysses," Jimmy Stewart in George Bailey's alternate universe in "It's a Wonderful Life," or Yossarian in the Eternal City in "Catch-22."
His work as Johnny is, to my eyes, the finest acting done by any Brit of his generation, the greatest single performance in a British movie in the two decades since Bob Hoskin's epochal turn in Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa .
Leigh ("High Hopes," "Life Is Sweet") is justly famous for the performances he inspires.
Leigh has said in an interview that while his earlier films (including " High Hopes " and " Life Is Sweet ") might have embodied a socialist view of the world, this one edges over into anarchy.
By now, after "High Hopes" and "Life Is Sweet," we expect great acting in a Mike Leigh movie.
However, whereas comedies such as Life is Sweet and High Hopes showed Leigh's whimsical side, Naked is anything but charming.
The result, as recent works like "High Hopes" and "Life Is Sweet" testify, are films that cut deeper and go further in terms of character development while providing more opportunities for actors to astonish than anything else on the screen today.
However, whereas comedies such as Life is Sweet and High Hopes showed Leigh's whimsical side, Naked is anything but charming.
We may remember Thewlis from his bit in Leigh's "Life Is Sweet" as bulemic Jane Horrocks' beleaguered boyfriend.
Leigh has said in an interview that while his earlier films (including " High Hopes " and " Life Is Sweet ") might have embodied a socialist view of the world, this one edges over into anarchy.
Leigh ("High Hopes," "Life Is Sweet") is justly famous for the performances he inspires.
Leigh is an interesting director, as he showed in his breakout film "Life Is Sweet."
The result, as recent works like "High Hopes" and "Life Is Sweet" testify, are films that cut deeper and go further in terms of character development while providing more opportunities for actors to astonish than anything else on the screen today.
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That late-noir miasma lives on indelibly in Scorsese’s masterpiece, though for all its actuality it acquired a mythic aura in a way that other searing films depicting contemporary necropoli have not, among them Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa (1986, London), Mike Leigh’s Naked (1993, London), Wim Wenders ’s Land of Plenty (2004, Los Angeles) and Andrea Arnold’s Red Road (2006, Glasgow).
Iâ??ve seen a few too many fascinating character studies to subscribe entirely to that sentiment, ranging from Taxi Driver to There Will Be Blood, but that doesnâ??t mean that Joe Moviegoer doesnâ??t have a point.
While those two have a partially whimsical tone, Leigh's earlier work, theatrical and TV films like "Bleak Moments," "Grown Ups" and "Meantime," had much more of a downbeat thrust.
While those two have a partially whimsical tone, Leigh's earlier work, theatrical and TV films like "Bleak Moments," "Grown Ups" and "Meantime," had much more of a downbeat thrust.
Hilarious, but sometimes hard to stomach, Leigh's picaresque tale is his most troubling and intriguing work since Meantime; it's also by far his most cinematic.