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Re:Really looking forward to Mike Leigh's Another Year 13 Years, 11 Months ago
Fingers crossed for the Palme D'Or tomorrow; Mike Leigh's actors on the news talking today; he really is responsible for the best British actors today going back to Jim Broadbent, Tim Spall, Alison (ex wife), Imelda...
Re:Really looking forward to Mike Leigh's Another Year 13 Years, 11 Months ago
I'm very sceptical of his supposed approach to writing and improvisation. I know the actors love it, and love talking about how much they love it, but much of it sounds tosh to me. And if some of the characterisations in Topsy-Turvy were due to this method then give me a conventional script every time. But I do find some of the movies very watchable, and Alison Steadman is always absolutely brilliant.