Lovely

Pity so few people have seen this film. I really enjoyed watching it, it was more original and entertaining than a lot of features I've seen in a long time. My favorite character, besides Anita's character or Mr.Shillabeer of course was Mr.Turtle.

I've watched this film over and over but it makes no sense every time. I just don't understand it. Why do they dance in the office? Why on earth do they go to the roof and juggle oranges? I just don't get it. On top of that, it's boring. The only dialogue the entire film is "Morning...biscuits?"

Lovely is a beautiful little short. It follows a breakfast-trolley girl's last day on the job, before she moves up to typist. It is funny, yet touching on a very human level. The Mr. Turtle dance scene is worth the 10 minutes of your time alone. The acting is good all around, and the ordinary life settings are cinematography all fit nicely. If you are a fan of shorts this is definitely one to check out.

Really, this film is just what it is, a small fantasy with some real heart. Downgrading it for lack of greater meaning is really missing the point, and not just about Lovely. I only wish I could find a digital copy so I could share it with friends.

Although one could deconstruct it into any number of mostly related meanings about existence, work, and our relationship to the modern world, I prefer to consider it as a sort of visual tone poem (a light poem?) that plays with those areas, makes some soft suggestions about them, but primarily is just here to be enjoyed. It's interesting that the people involved have had some other experience, but never really went on to do a lot in film. I've seen early works by noted filmmakers that were less satisfying by far.