Meantime (DVD)

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A slow-burning depiction of economic degradation in Thatchers England, Mike Leighs "Meantime" is the culmination of the writer-directors pioneering work in television. Unemployment is rampant in Londons working-class East End, where a middle-aged couple and their two sons languish in a claustrophobic public-housing flat. As the brothers (Phil Daniels and Tim Roth) grow increasingly disaffected, Leigh punctuates the grinding boredom of their daily existence with tense encounters, including with a priggish aunt (Marion Bailey) who has managed to become middle-class and a blithering skinhead on the verge of psychosis (a scene-stealing Gary Oldman, in his first major role). Informed by Leighs now trademark improvisational process and propelled by the lurching rhythms of its Beckett-like dialogue, "Meantime" is an unrelenting, often blisteringly funny look at life on the dole.

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Format DVD
Release Date Aug 15, 2017
Genre Drama
Actors Phil Daniels, Tim Roth, Marion Bailey, Pam Ferris, Jeff Robert, Gary Oldman, Tilly Vosburgh, Alfred Molina
Director Mike Leigh
Screen Format Widescreen
Sound Monaural
Language English
Sub Titles English SDH
Video Aspect 1.66:1
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