Mine's would be
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Mike Leigh
zunzun — 12 years ago(January 06, 2014 05:15 PM)
Mine's would be
Meantime
(1984).
http://www.imdb.com/board/10082727/?ref_=nv_sr_1
I love the authenticity it has, and the actors' depth of abilities in portraying such mundanely realistic characters. I love Its ground-up assessment of class values from a very human perspective. For example: The way
Mark
[Phil Daniels] changes in our perception of him, from being antagonist to his brother
Colin
[Tim Roth] to being the person who respects
Colin
most. Also the way that all the brothers' other family, mum, dad, n even middle-class sis, were all dysfunctional human beings. Assessing the character of
Coxy
[Gary Oldman] could keep better-qualified sociology philosophers than I busy for years, so I won't even go there.
It's a very thought-provoking film throughout, with challenging content and sublime character portrayals, which makes it a film worth revisiting time and again. -
buters — 12 years ago(March 03, 2014 11:31 AM)
I love Secrets n Lies, but I'2000d probably go with Vera Drake. Following the pseudo-documentary works of British New Wave filmmakers Ken Loach or Lindsay Anderson, Leigh delivers a social drama offering an insight on the medical, financial and domestic circumstances of working class families in 1950s England, using objective camerawork and a screenplay based on unscripted actor improvisation in order to create a film that is able to present a fragment of reality. Although Vera Drake relies on external circumstances more than earlier Mike Leigh movies, it succeeds in painting an honest picture not only on the different views on such a controversial subjects as social class differences or abortion itself, but on human relationships and behaviour too.
I have a full analysis here:
http://alphashadowsblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/analysing-vera-drake/ #more-473