http://www.noahmallin.com/2009/02/movies-happy-go-nomless/ Movies, Music, Politics, and Design, from Noah Mallin. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.noahmallin.com/2009/02/movies-happy-go-nomless/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Noah Mallin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:40:27 +0000 http://www.noahmallin.com/?p=616#comment-84 Thanks for the comment Scott! "Naked" is indeed a terrific film - I feel like some of the weird reactions to this were due to the marketing which seemed to go out of it's way to emphasize the "upbeat" IE not another dark Mike Leigh film. As I suspect you'd agree it does the film a disservice by making it sound like it's going to be Forrest Gump or something... Thanks for the comment Scott! “Naked” is indeed a terrific film – I feel like some of the weird reactions to this were due to the marketing which seemed to go out of it’s way to emphasize the “upbeat” IE not another dark Mike Leigh film. As I suspect you’d agree it does the film a disservice by making it sound like it’s going to be Forrest Gump or something…

]]> http://www.noahmallin.com/2009/02/movies-happy-go-nomless/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Scott Blumenthal Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.noahmallin.com/?p=616#comment-83 I'm with you on this. I finally saw the movie last weekend, and was shocked that even the Mike Leigh fans I know didn't praise it more. I'm convinced "Happy-Go-Lucky" is a companion piece to "Naked", my favorite of Leigh's films. Compassionate, lovely, and harrowing at the same time. I’m with you on this. I finally saw the movie last weekend, and was shocked that even the Mike Leigh fans I know didn’t praise it more. I’m convinced “Happy-Go-Lucky” is a companion piece to “Naked”, my favorite of Leigh’s films. Compassionate, lovely, and harrowing at the same time.

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