Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh

“Okay, I found one Night on Earth. Oh, cool. Excellent. Which I'm going to have.”

“But here's a film you're really going to like. It's great. Okay. It's called Secrets & Lies. What's that one about? And it's about a character played by you. But let's not be so self-indulgent. No, no. Do you know what? I actually don't have it. All right, well then you should have it. Yeah. I've got a big old fat VHS. There you go. Well, good. Cool. I'm having this one. It's yours. Very good. Excellent. Thank you very much.”

“Oh, Charles Burnett somewhere. Oh, right. I've got to find him. There we go. To Sleep with Anger. Nice. Let's have a look. Are you going to have it? Yes, I am. Well, then, I'm going to have it too. Do you want mine? Yeah, have one. I think you'd love these other ones. Say no more. I like his stuff but I've never seen this one. Great. Cool. Charles Burnett. To Sleep with Anger. Got that there. Oh, we're doing all right there. Yeah, we are.”

“Are you familiar– I'm sure you are– with this wonderful film, Loves of a Blonde? No, I'm not actually. Is it a goodie? Oh, yeah. You'll love it. Can you get it down from there? Miloš Forman. Oh, well, I'm having it. It's a great film, it really is. Okay. You will love it. Very good.”

“Oh, Kes. Remember Kes? I haven’t got Kes. You should have it in your collection. I should. I’ve got all of Ken Loach’s stuff, I have to say. Oh... You know what happens... Yeah. He and I get accosted in the street by people, and they say to me, “I love your film about the boy with a bird.” You know, “Are you, are you Ken Loach?” And I say, “No.” And then they ask Ken, “Are you Mike Leigh?” And he says, “No, he’s not.” He denies it.”

“Oh, gosh, White Material. Claire Denis, man. Yeah.”

“Gotta take Hunger. Yeah. It's a great film. Okay, then. Great film. Yes.”

“This is nice. I've never– I haven't got it. Have you not? The Life of Oharu. You know, these Japanese films, Ozu, Mizoguchi, and the early Kurosawa, are really... They're great. They do a lot for me. I'm going to have this. Have that one. It's very nice.”

“And then I'm going to have Ashes and Diamonds, a film haven't seen for a thousand years. And who is that? I loved it, and I... Never thought to have it. It's great. Wajda, Andrzej Wajda.”

“Have you seen this one? EO? No. Is that... What's that like? What is that? I liked it. It's all from the perspective of a donkey. Oh... Oh, I remember it now. Skolimowski. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's very good, very good. But I still eat meat, so... Yes, I eat meat. Not sure... Let's put it back.”

“Oh, I've got to have Claudine. Diahann Carroll. Oh, yeah, there you go. James Earl Jones, man.”

“This is Story of Floating Weeds. Now it's not because I... I identify with the weeds. It's a lovely cover. I'm going to have that. It's going to be my first one. All right. To add to my Ozu collection.”

“And I spy Cassavetes. Where's Cassavetes? Oh, right. There you go. Now I've got that. I got that the last time. Shadows. I'm sure it's here. I've got it. Don't want to see it again for the time being, but you know... It's right here. It was a great influence in the sense that it made me start thinking about improvization and stuff. Right. Although when you look at it now, it's not his greatest film at all. It's interesting. Yeah. There you go.”

“Because I saw an early Kurosawa set. Yeah. The First Films of Akira Kurosawa. Ha. Nice. I don't think I've got this, actually. There's two of them there, darling. Yeah. Okay, cool. That's me, then.”

“The Ranown Westerns. Yeah. When I was growing up in Manchester, I went to the movies all the time. The pictures, right. Yeah. I never saw a film that wasn't in English. All I saw was Hollywood and British movies. Right. And of course we saw loads and loads of westerns. I never saw– I only... When I came to– went to London to be a student, I discovered world cinema. But these kind of westerns... Of course, we just used to love them really. I'm going to take this. Bit of nostalgia. Yeah, yeah. And they're probably pretty good films. They must be if they're in the Criterion Collection. So it goes without saying, really, doesn't it?”