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Naked (1993) is a British film directed by Mike Leigh. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter, and playwright. ...
Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter, and playwright. ...
David Thewlis (born March 20, 1963 as David Wheeler) is an English film, television and stage actor. ...
Lesley Sharp (born in 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a British actress. ...
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Nakedness refers to the state of being completely naked(without clothing) or very sexy, Naked can also refer to: Naked (film), a 1993 film, directed by Mike Leigh. ...
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Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter, and playwright. ...
Before this film, Leigh was known for more-low-key, subtler comedic dissections of middle-class and working-class manners. Naked was more stark and brutal than his previous works. Leigh relied heavily on improvisation in the making of the movie, but little actual ad-libbing was filmed; lengthy rehearsals in character provided much of the script. Almost all of the dialogue was filmed as written. This article is about the socio-economic class from a global vantage point. ...
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Plot
After raping an unidentified woman in an alley, Johnny (David Thewlis), a fiercely intelligent but disturbingly embittered working-class Mancunian, steals a car and flees his home, in Manchester, for London, to seek refuge with his former girlfriend, Louise (Lesley Sharp). David Thewlis (born March 20, 1963 as David Wheeler) is an English film, television and stage actor. ...
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Lesley Sharp (born in 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a British actress. ...
Behaving recklessly and sadistically, he seduces her flatmate, Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge), before embarking on an extended latter-day odyssey among the destitute and despairing of the United Kingdom's capital city. Towards the end of the film, he also attempts to seduce Louise and Sophie's flatmate Sandra (Claire Skinner) when she returns from a holiday in Africa, to no avail. Look up sadism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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During his encounters in London's seedy underbelly, Johnny expounds his fatalist world-view at long and lyrical length to anyone who will listen, whilst the sinister presence of his ex-girlfriend's landlord, Jeremy (Greg Cruttwell), lurks in the background. Johnny eventually suffers horribly at the hands of thugs; and, when the true owner of the flat returns from a trip overseas, Johnny is compelled to leave, to throw himself back into the world as he has ostensibly done so many times before. Greg Cruttwell in George of the Jungle (centre) with Thomas Haden Church (left) and Abraham Benrubi (right) Greg Cruttwell was born in London He is the son of actress, Geraldine McEwan and Hugh Cruttwell, former principal of the Royal School of Dramatic Art. ...
It is subtly hinted at, throughout the movie, that Johnny's unusual personality and behaviour could be the result of a variety of (presumably undiagnosed and untreated) medical conditions, including manic depression, and whatever it is that causes him to experience episodic, severe headaches. These conditions are certainly affecting him physically; one of the characters he meets thinks he's about 40 years old, when he's actually only 27.
Themes Naked is minimal on plot, dependent on the audience's fascination on the interaction between the characters, and has been praised as an outstanding work of modern realism, with highly convincing performances all round. Some film critics see Michaelangelo Antonioni's influence, as the film depicts the big city as a modern estranged place. The central character is, in many ways, deeply unpleasant, misogynistic, violent, and extremely rude. He is also very witty, and his appraisals of the dire situations he sees are extremely honest. The film's great achievement is to create strong sympathy for such an anti-hero. In literature, a plot is all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular artistic or emotional effect. ...
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Michelangelo Antonioni (born September 29, 1912 in Ferrara, Italy) is an Italian film director whose films are widely considered as some of the most influential in film aesthetic. ...
Misogyny is an exaggerated pathological aversion towards women. ...
In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ...
Naked has been accused of glamorising anti-woman attitudes in creating such a compelling misogynist character; but scenes towards the end of the film, in particular, render that claim somewhat hollow. Among the huge array of dysfunctional characters, only Louise emerges at the end with any dignity. While Johnny is the most entertaining character of the film, Louise is its moral centre.
Main cast David Thewlis (born March 20, 1963 as David Wheeler) is an English film, television and stage actor. ...
Lesley Sharp (born in 1964 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is a British actress. ...
Katrin Cartlidge in Career Girls (1997) Katrin Cartlidge (May 15, 1961 – September 7, 2002) was a British actress. ...
Greg Cruttwell in George of the Jungle (centre) with Thomas Haden Church (left) and Abraham Benrubi (right) Greg Cruttwell was born in London He is the son of actress, Geraldine McEwan and Hugh Cruttwell, former principal of the Royal School of Dramatic Art. ...
Claire Skinner (born 1965) is an English actress who works in Film, TV, Theatre, Radio and voice-overs. ...
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Awards and nominations - Critics have praised David Thewlis’s performance in Naked, which, despite its dark tone, stars him in one of his best roles to date. He has won the following awards for his work in Naked:
- Among other award wins/nominations for Naked are
David Thewlis (born March 20, 1963 as David Wheeler) is an English film, television and stage actor. ...
The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ...
The Best Actor Award (French: Prix dinterprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. ...
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The London Film Critics Circle, also known as the Critics Circle, was started in 1913 as an association for working British critics. ...
The National Society of Film Critics or NSFC is an American film critic organization. ...
New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
The Palme dOr (Golden Palm) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. ...
Cinéfest is an annual film festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. ...
Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...
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Further reading - Ali Catterall and Simon Wells, Your Face Here: British Cult Movies Since The Sixties (Fourth Estate, 2001) ISBN 0-00-714554-3
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