The Artist is Part of the Class : Mike Leigh in Conversation with Qalandar Bux Memon First Posted: 04-03-21 01:41 PM | Updated: 04-03-21 05:16 PM
Mike Leigh talks to Qalandar Bux Memon about film-language and class, film-making as an artistic process, acting, editing, and the politics of representation.
Mike Leigh: Which films of mine have you seen?
QBM: I ve seen. I ve seen a few. I was in Lahore and I had to download them from private sites because I don t have Amazon. So, I got what I could.
ML: Go back to your question.
QBM: So, my question is about the language involved in telling the stories of the working classes. For example, the shots in council flats. How did you develop that? For example, I m thinking in Meantime or even in some of the films I have seen, for example, Secrets and Lies where it seems like suburban outside London somewhere with the barbecue scene at the end of the film. How did you develop that language? Yo