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When unbalance leads to submission
An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
Naked
1993 Directed by Mike Leigh
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David Thewlis Lesley Sharp Katrin Cartlidge Greg Cruttwell Claire Skinner Peter Wight Ewen Bremner Susan Vidler Deborah Maclaren Gina McKee Carolina Giammetta Elizabeth Berrington Darren Tunstall Robert Putt Lynda Rooke Angela Curran Peter Whitman Jo Abercrombie Elaine Britten David Foxxe Mike Avenall Toby Jones Sandra Voe
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Alternative Titles
赤裸, Indefenso, Обнажённые, Обнаженные, 네이키드
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“You think you can recapture your youth by fucking it. You don't wanna fuck me. You'll catch something cruel.”
Mike Leigh’s Naked is a riveting parable brimming with a scornful wit and humanity unseen through initial viewing. The film chronicles the exploits of the sardonic and nihilistic vagabond, Johnny, a man who is first introduced as he brutally rapes a young woman in a back alleyway. Fearing the repercussions of his actions, Johnny flees to the streets of London. There, he tries to justify his pathetic existence by ranting to strangers and shaming their beliefs. And for the next two hours, we are forced to accompany the far from empathetic Johnny as he wanders around London, oppressing the lives of…
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How to review your favourite film, or even worse, how to review your favourite film when that film is Mike Leigh's Naked?
Naked starts of rough and only gets bleeker. But that's only a small part of what makes this a masterpiece.
First and foremost Naked is abouth David Thewlis' character Johnny, unenmployed both by choice and by circumstance, who personifies the ugly side most commonly shoved under the carpet in favour of the success stories. Yes, we're talking post-Thatcher Britain, but as far as I can tell there's many similairities to present time, and the world Leigh shows us is not limited to a certain era. But it might be limited to big cities.
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It’s honestly so funny that English people fuck eachother.
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" I've got an infinite number of places to go, the problem is where to stay."
Favorite Mike Leigh movie. There’s nothing like it. Set in post-Thatcher England, this is an endlessly fascinating satiric critique of the society, an existential tragicomedy and an utterly bleak character study about a guy who's on a self-destructive journey. David Thewlis’s portrayal of nihilistic, obnoxious, funny & pitiable Johnny is one of the greatest performances ever.
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96/100
[originally written on my blog]
Nonstop dazzling, both as logorrheic assault ("I sent off for one of those little Linguaphone packages, 'Talk Shite in a Fortnight.' It's all going very well. I haven't quite got the hang of the transitive verbs yet...") and as a stygian tour of London's underclass, with its infinite manifestations of sodden misery. Thewlis placed second in the Skandies poll for best performance of the '90s, and was robbed; there's never been a more incisive portrait of scabrous wit as defense mechanism, which is to say that no other actor has ever achieved such a sustained simultaneous peak of exhilaration | valley of depression. It's like watching an Olympic diver perform a double somersault tuck…
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i dont know how to tag ayo but we had a gentlemens agreement to watch this film...............
this actually really meant something to me and im realizing that writing "reviews" cheapens the experiences im having watching these movies.... it feels like a shame to boil down how i feel watching mike leigh movies into rating them 5 stars and writing "wow! im an actor too so this was amazing! david thewlis is hot" under it. criterion has the full commentary with mike leigh and david thewlis and katrin cartlidge and im just gonna watch that and mind my own business
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thank you david thewlis for making my brain go "i can fix him" when he portrays maybe the worst human being on earth
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David Thewlis turns haggard into a verb with his performance here. He haggards his way through this film. In a good way. It's a surprisingly funny movie about a very nasty human being that meanders through the uglier parts of London and comes around to a bizarre anti-confrontation.
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"Have you ever thought, right, I mean, you don't know, but you might already have had the happiest moment in your whole fucking life, and all you've got to look forward to is sickness and purgatory?"
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Johnny is a horrible person but what is mind boggling to me is that every time he met with a new person I found myself trying to find something to redeem him. I believe is because we are all a little bit of nihilists and we understand what Johnny says, but he is horrible.
Brilliant dialogues
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Ah, yes, Inarguably the most veracious representation, depictive of the cantankerous externalization of prolongedly suppressed self-abnegation.
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A spirit wanders through a broken & shattered city.
I just wanted to say a quick little thing about a certain film cult i'm in 😳. Due to certain reasons I had to take a little break from it just to clear my mind and stuff but right as this was one of the weekly picks, I came back! I just wanted to say that I love every single member on there and knowing them is a genuine highlight of every single day. Thank you for giving me another chance to watch one of my all time favourite films again :))
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Filled with Intriguing and Thought Provoking Philosophical, Sociological, Prophetic, and Apocalyptic Dialogues, Themes, Ramblings, and Quick Wits. Following a Deep and Flawed individual who wanders the streets of Manchester, meeting a Variety of characters to vent off on.
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What a festering abscess of humanity; a pit of moral decrepitude; a walking, gnashing black hole with an insatiable need to destroy, to dominate, and to grind others under the boot of his perceived superiority, using a vitriolic and noxious "honesty" to shroud the absolute void at his center, and how much he utterly despises himself.
Would be suffocatingly oppressive if not for the constant barrage of virtuosic dialogue Leigh supplies his characters to chew on, the embittered humanity he locates in certain stolen moments, and of course the live-wire, spiral of misanthropy that David Lewis lashes across the screen, along with fantastic, acutely observed work from Lesley Sharp and Katrin Cartlidge.
It's been said to be a direct response…
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Watched this last night. The film does a great job of making you somewhat sympathize with an absolutely despicable human being. This and his performance in I’m Thinking of Ending Things stand out as the two best of David Thewlis’ career. I will admit I had to turn subtitles on because I have a hard time understanding what British people are saying
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I can't begin to review this film. It's just..... so fucking great. No other explanation.
Flawless dialogue, perfect character develpment, amazing directing and camera work, i love what the cinematographer went for, flawless acting and the pacing is just so good. But this i appreciated this score so much. It's just perfectly utilized and the rhythm contributes to story amazingly, not once does it feel over the top or manipulate.
Whatever this is for sure top 20 and probably top 15. Also a really awesome guy published this on youtube in HD and with english subtitles. I'll link it below.
9,7/10
(Actually i published it so if you wanna support and check it out you'll realize it's really in HQ so plz if you read up to here you're awesome alright bye)
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