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received €750,000 from Her Majesty’s
Government, a reward for his exploits against
Napoleon. This is the world that spawns the
clash.
Leigh offers a direct contrast between have
and have nots. The massacre eventually is
played out because pompous local officials
see the marchers as a rabble and call on the
soldiers to intervene. The consequences are
disastrous.
Beloved of filmgoers for a generation, Mike
Leigh worked in television originally and then
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in film. His films such ‘Life Is Sweet’, ‘Naked’,
‘Secrets and Lies’ were narrowly focused on
small groups or families. Famously, he would
begin without a script and improvise with
actors to create characters and storylines.
But since 1999, Leigh has expanded into
working (not exclusively) on period pieces
with ‘Topsy-Turvy’, a study of Gilbert and
Sullivan’s making of ‘The Mikado’.
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In 2014 he made ‘Mr Turner’ which followed
the final years of the painter JMW Turner,
who was played by Timothy Spall.
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