Bleak moments with Mike Leigh
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Mark Kermode|17:24 UK time, Wednesday, 7 May 2008
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Comment number 1.
At 06:12 18th May 2008, brendangerous wrote:Oh no, this entry is only viewable by UK users... is this a technical oversight or does this entry contain top secret UK-only anecdotes?
I may be the other side of the world, in Japan, but I still need a fix of Kermodian wit!
Brendan
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At 14:15 18th May 2008, Perless wrote:Indeed Brendan, what is it with these jingoistic BBC people! If they are worried over bandwidth they could put it on a file sharing nextwork and everybody else would pay for the bandwidth for them! ;)
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At 16:02 18th May 2008, gee_1977 wrote:It could be a rights issue as the clip features clips from Leigh's latest picture.
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At 16:15 18th May 2008, kermodeblogteam wrote:Hello
only a technical hitch - this should now work outside of the UK.
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At 00:43 19th May 2008, Perless wrote:Thanks kermodeblogteam - it does :)
Good anecdote Mark *g*
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At 08:17 19th May 2008, andrewlos wrote:Someone I knew was going to interview Mike Leigh, and hadn't really done his research. He said "help me out, give me a question to ask", so I said "Ok, ask him how he feels taking sole scriptwriter credit on his films when the actors create the dialogue through improvisation." Actually I said it as a joke (well, a half joke) but the poor boy didn't get it, and asked it as his second or third question. ML ended the interview there. Sorry, Mike. I do think you're great, honest.
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At 10:25 19th May 2008, brendangerous wrote:Thanks blogteam!
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