Naked is a 1993 British film directed by Mike Leigh. Before this film, Leigh was known for subtler comedic dissections of middle-class and working-class 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 ad-libbing was filmed; lengthy rehearsals in character provided much of the script. Almost all of the dialogue was filmed as written. The film received largely favourable reviews. After a sexual encounter with a married woman in an alley in Manchester turns into a rape, Johnny steals a car and... flees for Dalston, 'a scrawny, unpretentious area' in the east of London, to seek refuge with his former girlfriend, fellow Mancunian Louise . Intelligent, educated and eloquent, Johnny is also deeply embittered and egotistical, fighting and provoking anyone he meets in order to prove his superiority.
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| Release date: | November 5, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Mike Leigh |
| Runtime: | 131 Minutes |
| Producer: | Simon Channing-Williams |
| Editor: | Jon Gregory |
| Music by: | Andrew Dickson |
| Cinematography: | Dick Pope |
| Screenplay by: | Mike Leigh |
| Genre: | Comedy |