http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/happy-go-lucky-uk-2008/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/happy-go-lucky-uk-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-8897 patmills Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:06:56 +0000 http://cinemaroll.com/cinemarolling/happy-go-lucky-uk-2008/#comment-8897 Enjoyed your essay, very much. First sensible one I've read. My take on Polly was different. The opening bicycle scene was reminiscent of Heaven can Wait - the main character enters into limbo and has to be returned. Instead of St Peter at the gate she has the bookshop and as you point out she rejects Penrose but she does accept "The Kingdom of the Sun" (Miton and Balit) and while she confronts the bookstore manager we find Einstein's Universe and Brandon Bays the Journey over her shoulder. These are important clues to the road she will take. As leaves the store Polly (Pauline) says she hasn't had time to say goodbye (to her bike?) a sure sign of sudden death but she will try to escape hoping to use a car. If you lose your bike you get another one, don't you? There are other movie references - Oh Lucky Man by Lindsay Anderson. the tag line is Smile while you're makin' it. Laugh while you're takin' it. Even though you're fakin' it. Nobody's gonna know... There is much of Hitchcock in this movie too - Polly and her bra feature at stages - an obsession of Hitchcock's. Scott the driver follows a similar trajectory to Scottie in Vertigo. He drives an aimless route as he deals with the bi-polar spirit of Polly. In Vertigo Scottie has to deal with Kim Novak playing two roles. Scot's lessons are critical to understanding the reality of happiness. The rearview mirror to me revealed events that we saw in Hitchcock's Rear Window. At some point they drive through a flock of birds - all Hitchcock references. The driving school is Axle - the bearer of the faith. En ra ha? Well, to me it seemed to be the reverse of Ha-ra-en - Harran, the first point of contact that Adam and Eve had with reality as they left the Garden of Eden. Lots, lots more in there that makes it clear that this is a very deep movie and worth spending time on. Enjoyed your essay, very much. First sensible one I’ve read.
My take on Polly was different. The opening bicycle scene was reminiscent of Heaven can Wait – the main character enters into limbo and has to be returned. Instead of St Peter at the gate she has the bookshop and as you point out she rejects Penrose but she does accept “The Kingdom of the Sun” (Miton and Balit) and while she confronts the bookstore manager we find Einstein’s Universe and Brandon Bays the Journey over her shoulder. These are important clues to the road she will take. As leaves the store Polly (Pauline) says she hasn’t had time to say goodbye (to her bike?) a sure sign of sudden death but she will try to escape hoping to use a car. If you lose your bike you get another one, don’t you?
There are other movie references – Oh Lucky Man by Lindsay Anderson. the tag line is Smile while you’re makin’ it. Laugh while you’re takin’ it. Even though you’re fakin’ it. Nobody’s gonna know…
There is much of Hitchcock in this movie too – Polly and her bra feature at stages – an obsession of Hitchcock’s. Scott the driver follows a similar trajectory to Scottie in Vertigo. He drives an aimless route as he deals with the bi-polar spirit of Polly. In Vertigo Scottie has to deal with Kim Novak playing two roles. Scot’s lessons are critical to understanding the reality of happiness. The rearview mirror to me revealed events that we saw in Hitchcock’s Rear Window. At some point they drive through a flock of birds – all Hitchcock references.
The driving school is Axle – the bearer of the faith.
En ra ha? Well, to me it seemed to be the reverse of Ha-ra-en – Harran, the first point of contact that Adam and Eve had with reality as they left the Garden of Eden.
Lots, lots more in there that makes it clear that this is a very deep movie and worth spending time on.

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