CLASSIC MOVIES ? NAKED by Mike Leigh
incredibly intelligent and severely caustic man, with an inclination towards philosophical discourse on every subject, who flees Manchaster for London to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, making contact with some interesting characters, including a night watchman, two young Scots, a young waitress, all of them alienated and lonely. All of them are society rejects, trying to cope with their everyday numbness and alienation.
The movie reminded me of Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, dealing with similar issues, the “philosophy of desperation”, the alienation of the human being in an indifferent society.
This movie is a lesson. Watch it as often as you can and think for a moment about all those issues. Experience at least for 2 hours what it means to be lonely. For some people it’s a
