An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.An unemployed Mancunian vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 8 wins & 7 nominations total
- Woman in Window
- (as Deborah MacLaren)
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- TriviaTo prepare for the role of Johnny, David Thewlis read Voltaire's Candide, the teachings of Buddha and James Gleick's Chaos, and the holy books the Bible and the Qur'an.
- Quotes
Louise: So what happened, were you bored in Manchester?
Johnny: Was I bored? No, I wasn't fuckin' bored. I'm never bored. That's the trouble with everybody - you're all so bored. You've had nature explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the living body explained to you and you're bored with it, you've had the universe explained to you and you're bored with it. So now you want cheap thrills and like plenty of them, and it don't matter how tawdry or vacuous they are as long as it's new, as long as it's new, as long as it flashes and fuckin' bleeps in forty fuckin' different colors. So whatever else you can say about me, I'm not fuckin' bored.
So how do I justify it? I could witter on about the brilliance of David Thewlis' performance, the excellent support cast, the devastatingly witty dialogue and Leigh's assured direction until the cows came home, but this still wouldn't totally do it. I can't say a lot about the plot because, well, there isn't a great deal of plot to speak of. So what is it?
I'll tell you what it is: it's the honesty of it. The brutal, searing, sickening honesty. Here is a film unafraid to hold a mirror up to the dark, venal, destructive underbelly of our society - a film that portrays relentlessly and unflinchingly a side of our character which we'd prefer to simply sweep under the carpet. It takes everything that is immoral, degenerate and depraved in modern society and smears it all over the screen in a grubby orgy of loathing. It is not simply a movie with teeth but one with rabid, venomous, acid-tipped fangs, tearing and gnashing at our pompous ideas about our own natures.
There are many movies which are fantastically enjoyable and make for a sterling night out with friends and family. This is not one of them. Naked is disturbing, unpleasant, frightening and utterly bleak. It is also quite brilliant.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Yalang'och
- Filming locations
- 33 St Mark's Rise, London, England, UK(Louise and Sophie's house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,769,305
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $36,463
- Dec 19, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $1,797,195
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1