The man has always gotten it. Many of his movies have starred women in interesting and substantive roles. His newest and most upbeat, Happy Go Lucky opens in October.
"I'm a feminist, though that's not where I came from,"Wouldn't it be great if other male filmmakers thought the same way?"As a film-maker, I feel I have to make good parts for women because there aren't many in the world, parts that are not just male fantasies."
Mike Leigh: portraying women as "not just male fantasies" (AFP)
photo: Simon Mein courtesy of Miramax Films
