Just looking at Moya Brady here and now I'm wondering if Thom Yorke got the inspiration to cast those misery-guts headscarf-clad leaping freeze-frame dancers in the "Street Spirit" video from this?
"What do you know about paranoia?" "Not half as much as you do , I'll give you that."
Jane Horrocks should be ashamed of this performance, and so should Mike Leigh for letting her turn a pivotal character like Nicola into some absurdly unrealistic cackling music-hall turn.
@custardaghost Mike Leigh's early films did have a strange mix of outright cartoon characters and more realistic, layered characters. His later films are much better, though I do like these earlier ones.
This is hardly an "early" Mike Leigh work. He was already well established by the end of the 70s - even though his stuff before the mid-80s was filmed for TV plays rather than as cinema. That was more to do with UK film funding rather than his fame or quality of work, though - and because he writes as a playwright rather than as a screenwriter.
lol yanked? does that mean like the yankies? im from america i dont get that haha i must be a yanker
Missmafia0 10 months ago
Jane Horrocks has fantastic lips. I find her extremely attractive in this. That hair is lovely!
DrunkenSkunk 11 months ago
Just looking at Moya Brady here and now I'm wondering if Thom Yorke got the inspiration to cast those misery-guts headscarf-clad leaping freeze-frame dancers in the "Street Spirit" video from this?
custardaghost 1 year ago
Classic nose
ArkhanTheBlack1 1 year ago
"What do you know about paranoia?" "Not half as much as you do , I'll give you that."
Jane Horrocks should be ashamed of this performance, and so should Mike Leigh for letting her turn a pivotal character like Nicola into some absurdly unrealistic cackling music-hall turn.
custardaghost 1 year ago
@custardaghost Mike Leigh's early films did have a strange mix of outright cartoon characters and more realistic, layered characters. His later films are much better, though I do like these earlier ones.
WylieWatson 1 year ago
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This is hardly an "early" Mike Leigh work. He was already well established by the end of the 70s - even though his stuff before the mid-80s was filmed for TV plays rather than as cinema. That was more to do with UK film funding rather than his fame or quality of work, though - and because he writes as a playwright rather than as a screenwriter.
custardaghost 1 year ago
@custardaghost Sure, early feature film, though. I much prefer, say, Secrets and Lies, and All or Nothing.
WylieWatson 1 year ago
lol i love the restaurant scene with Wendy and Aubrey I find it hilarious for some reason xD
JennyAndNateFan 1 year ago
Lol, Aubrey is awesome. XD
sytrue 1 year ago
yanked haha
TheArchaeFiend 2 years ago 10
@TheArchaeFiend ''rascist!'' hahaha
solar7 1 year ago
Best line in the film--"racist!" Poor Natalie, the family logician, trying to lead Nicola into a bit of sense. Good luck!
marginallymental 2 years ago 8