With david thewlis, lesley sharp, katrin cartlidge, greg cruttwell An unemployed mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal london odyssey. The characters in mike leigh’s “naked” look as if they have lived indoors all of their lives, perhaps down in a cellar And if you listen carefully to the soundtrack, you become aware that it. The brilliant and controversial naked, from director mike leigh, stars david thewlis as johnny, a charming and eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic johnny hurls himself around london on a nocturnal odyssey, colliding with a succession of other desperate and dispossessed people and scorching everyone in his path
Mike leigh's naked (1993) is described as a cult film, won several awards when it was released (including best actor and director at cannes) and is inevitably called one of leigh's essential films Directed by mike leigh • 1993 • united kingdom starring david thewlis, lesley sharpe, katrin cartlidge the brilliant and controversial naked, from director mike leigh, stars david thewlis as johnny, a charming and eloquent but relentlessly vicious drifter Rejecting anyone who might care for him, the volcanic johnny hurls himself around london on a nocturnal odyssey, colliding with a. Mike leigh made david thewlis a star 30 years ago with his apocalyptic vision of london, naked We look back on the harrowing film:
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