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footfootfoot · 02-10-2013, 10:58 PM

Mike Leigh is an interesting director. Most of his films are nearly entirely improvised. He assembles a group of actors, gives them a vague outline of a plot and has the group spend several months improvising and developing their characters and their story. If he feels they've got a film he starts filming. That's how I heard it, at any rate.

I've seen Nuts in May, Secrets and Lies, Life is Sweet, Topsy Turvy (About Gilbert and Sullivan and their writing of The Mikado - not improvised afaik) They are all very intense and a mix of humor and sadness.

I'd have to say Secrets and Lies was my favorite. spoilers galore in the plot summary.

02-10-2013, 10:58 PM	#18
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Mike Leigh is an interesting director. Most of his films are nearly entirely improvised. He assembles a group of actors, gives them a vague outline of a plot and has the group spend several months improvising and developing their characters and their story. If he feels they've got a film he starts filming. That's how I heard it, at any rate. I've seen Nuts in May, Secrets and Lies, Life is Sweet, Topsy Turvy (About Gilbert and Sullivan and their writing of The Mikado - not improvised afaik) They are all very intense and a mix of humor and sadness. I'd have to say Secrets and Lies was my favorite. spoilers galore in the plot summary. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 02-10-2013 at 11:04 PM.