http://hopelies.com/2009/04/05/happy-go-lucky-2008/ "Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos." Francis Ford Coppola Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hopelies.com/2009/04/05/happy-go-lucky-2008/#comment-12 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:37:00 +0000 http://hopeliesat24framespersecond.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/happy-go-lucky-2008/#comment-12 I also wasn't overly familiar with Leigh when I saw the film. I knew a lot of him but hadn't seen many of his films. I was, however, a fan of producer Simon Channing Williams' work with Fernando Meirelles. He has a long, ongoing partnership with Leigh and so gave an introduction to the film followed by a Q&A at my local cinema, so I went along to the South West premier. I really liked the film. I hadn't seen a lot of Leigh films as they are the kind of films I feel you have to be in a certain mood for. Happy-Go-Lucky is more my kind of film and I liked what the film had to say about optimism. I liked Poppy as a character and how she sees the good in everything. I also love your comment "a credit crunch amelie" and totally agree.

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