Mike Leigh's Naked

dd972

Anyone seen this, David Thewlis is amazing in it, it's a dark piece of work but Johnny played by Thewlis has a great sense of humour.

acalmenvoy

IMDB reviews are outstanding,thanx OP gonna check this out.

dd972

you won't regret it, it's a belter of a film, best bit is the dialogue between Johnny and The Security Guard he encounters on his late night travails around London

TerrorFirmer

Saw this at least 10 years ago and it really struck a chord. Great movie, memorable to say the least.

AnonoBoy

The only bum note in the film is the yuppie landlord I think. He's a walking cliche.

bullpost

Louise: How did you get here?

Johnny: Well, basically, there was this little dot, right? And the dot went bang and the bang expanded. Energy formed into matter, matter cooled, matter lived, the amoeba to fish, to fish to fowl, to fowl to frog, to frog to mammal, the mammal to monkey, to monkey to man, amo amas amat, quid pro quo, memento mori, ad infinitum, sprinkle on a little bit of grated cheese and leave under the grill till Doomsday.

dd972 wrote: »

Anyone seen this, David Thewlis is amazing in it, it's a dark piece of work but Johnny played by Thewlis has a great sense of humour.

kitakyushu

It was heavily sampled in a tune called "SALT" by The Orb. I heard this tune long before ever seeing the movie. I was surprised that I could recite half the Johnny monologues as the movie was playing.

Ant

kitakyushu wrote: »

It was heavily sampled in a tune called "SALT" by The Orb. I heard this tune long before ever seeing the movie. I was surprised that I could recite half the Johnny monologues as the movie was playing.

Orblivion is a great album and listening to that track is how I came to watch Naked. I haven't seen it in 15 years (I should probably watch it again) but it was my introduction to Mike Leigh and opened the door to the rest of his cinematic achievements.

dd972

anybody else agree this is a great film?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Classic cinema, Thewlis gave the performance of his life as Johnny. A dark and provocative piece which stirs many emotions.

kryogen

I wasn't blown away and felt it was a bit long, (in that it dragged a little) maybe I should give it another go?

LiamMc

First time I came across David Thewlis and Katrin Cartlidge (died around 2000) was for this film Naked.
I think/thought it was a great film but got very poor reveiws when it first came out, people thought it was very dark.

One of my favourite scenes is the conversation with the Security Guard. The Thewlis character comes across as a well read homeless person until comes out with his philosophy of life and some FACTS.

Ewen Bremner's cameo is brilliant aswell. Repeated again in Trainspotting.

Cartlidge was in a film 'Claire Dolan' with Vincent D'Onfrio.

waywardsun

Prefer Leigh's High hopes. It came out in the late 1980s and has a great scene where the old woman gets locked out of her home and calls into her new neighbours who are yuppies.

delbertgrady

Sigh... Gina McKee.

I absolutely love Naked. It's easily my favourite Mike Leigh film.
Apparently, Thewlis read pretty much everything that Johnny was supposed to have read, in order to get into character.
Toby Jones, who has recently become the one they ask for by name (Captain America, Frost/Nixon, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), has a blink-and-you'll-miss-him appearance, standing at the all night tea counter.

Reading this thread makes me want to go and watch it again.

duckworth

Absolute Masterpiece.

Mike Leigh's peak, and it has alot of competition from the rest of his work.

David Thewlis really got the part of a life time as the hyper-intelligent, misanthropic rapist Johnny. He's one of the most fascinating characters I've seen on film.

I love the scene in the clip posted above, the two silhouettes arguing about the universe and the meaning of life.

It's pretty bleak, but in no way depressing. Absolutely love it.