what are people's thoughts on Mike leigh being the definitive Auteur of British Film?

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emeraldme — 14 years ago(March 13, 2012 10:02 AM)

what are people's thoughts on Mike leigh being the definitive Auteur of British Film?

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cthulhulurks — 13 years ago(April 23, 2012 12:59 PM)

I don't think he's an auteur, let alone THE auteur of any cinema at all. He just happens to make good life-like drama with rather ugly looking actors that look and act very much like your neighbours.
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Saltstorm2000 — 13 years ago(October 26, 2012 05:54 PM)

If you had to pick the best director of british films in the last couple decades, you couldnt really go past Leigh.

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cthulhulurks — 13 years ago(October 27, 2012 02:20 AM)

There's nothing unique about his style and he didn't make anything groundbreaking. Britain was always good at stage drama, he just translates it into films.
my vote history:
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