Naked (1993 film)

Naked is a 1993 British black comedydrama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Before this film, Leigh was known for subtler comedic dissections of middleclass and workingclass manners. Naked was more stark and brutal than his previous works. Leigh relied heavily on improvisation in the making of the film, but little actual adlibbing was filmed lengthy rehearsals in character provided much of the script. Almost all the dialogues were filmed as written. The film received largely favourable reviews. Filming took place in London fromSeptember toDecember 1992.

Intelligent, educated and eloquent, Johnny is also deeply embittered and egotistical he will fight and provoke anyone he meets to prove his superiority. His tactics of choice in verbal interaction are based on a particular form of intellectual bullying, uniformly directed at people less cultured than himself, and summed up in domineering, scholastic barrages drawn from eclectic sources. His overall behaviour is reckless, selfdestructive and at times borderline sadistic, and shows a penchant for aggressive sexual domination at least twice throughout the film. He seduces Louises flatmate, Sophie, simply because he can, but soon gets tired of her and embarks on an extended latterday odyssey among the destitute and despairing of the United Kingdoms capital city.During his encounters in Londons seedy underbelly, Johnny expounds his worldview at long and lyrical length to anyone who will listen, whether Archie, a Scottish boy yelling Maggie at the top of his voice he comes across in Brewer Street, or Brian, a security guard of acres of empty space, a postModernist gas chamber, whom Johnny marks down as having, the most tedious job in England. All the while, the sinister presence of his exgirlfriends psychopathic landlord, Sebastian Hawks aka Jeremy G Smart, lurks in the background. Johnny eventually suffers horribly at the hands of thugs in the most casual manner and when the primary tenant of the flat, Sandra, returns from a trip overseas, Johnny is compelled to leave, to throw himself back into the world as he has ostensibly done so many times before. ........

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