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Mike Leigh Martha B. Crago Patterdale and BlencathraA new look at a well loved director's critical engagement with cinemaIn this much needed examination of Mike Leigh, Sean O'Sullivan reclaims the British director as a practicing theorist a filmmaker deeply invested in cinema's formal, conceptual, and narrative dimensions. In contrast with Leigh's prevailing reputation as a straightforward crafter of social realist movies, O'Sullivan illuminates the visual tropes and storytelling investigations that