O'Sullivan, Sean,  1965- <br/><br/>
Mike Leigh /Sean O'Sullivan. 

 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2011. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Contemporary film directors .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The nature of contrivance. How to watch a Mike Leigh movie: The short and Curlies --  Biography and career outline --  Character and plot: Meantime and Four days in July --  Art and narrative: Naked and Secrets and Lies --  Topsy-turvy girls, career boys: Career girls and Topsy-turvy --  Vera's fingers: All or Nothing and Vera Drake --  Five lessons, Four seasons: Happy-go-lucky and Another year --  Interview with Mike Leigh. 
<br/><br/> An examination of the work of Mike Leigh, Sean O'Sullivan illuminates the visual tropes and storytelling investigations that position Leigh as an experimental filmmaker who uses the art and artifice of cinema to frame tales of the everyday and the extraordinary alike. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252093401 9781283244374 9786613244376 6613244376 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019716605 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015820520  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Leigh, Mike, 1943- --Criticism and interpretation.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1998  / .M554 2011