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Happy-Go-Lucky
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Paul Martin) at Melbourne Film Blog
[image] We know right from the start that Happy-Go-Lucky is a very different Mike Leigh film. The cue from the almost clichéd opening credits suggests a light-hearted comedy. And metaphorically, Leigh gives us a cheeky wink when in the first scene, the protagonist, Poppy, walks into a bookshop, picks up a book called “The Road to Reality” and says with a laugh “we don’t want to be going there!” In a sense, Happy-Go-Lucky is a tale of three very different but inter-related teachers and their pupils. There’s a passionate Spanish flamenco dance teacher (Karina Fernandez), there’s Scott (Eddie Marsan), a depressive driving instructor, but mostly it’s about Poppy ...

Links for the Day (July 3rd, 2008)
Published 7/3/2008 by Keith Uhlich (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
1. ""Rediscovered"! Metropolis.": Major, major news, courtesy David Hudson at GreenCine. ["For film historians and cinephiles in general, this could easily be the story of the year. The ZEITmagazin has just posted at its site a preview of a piece running in tomorrow's edition that confirms the existence of the original version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. "The most important silent film in German history," they announce, "can, from this day forward, be considered rediscovered.""] *** 2. "Superhero agonistes": ...