| Very Nice, Very Nice | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Lipsett |
| Produced by | |
| Edited by | Arthur Lipsett |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Very Nice, Very Nice is a Canadian avant-garde collage film made by Arthur Lipsett in 1961, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Plot
[edit]Thoughts about the day-to-day life interpreted through snapshots and sound collages pondering if life is better than it was thirty years ago.[1]
Production
[edit]While working at the National Film Board, Lipsett collected pieces of audio from the waste bins and pieced them together as a hobby. When his friends heard the product of this they suggested that he add images to it. The result was this film.
Reception
[edit]Very Nice, Very Nice was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 34th Academy Awards.[2][3]
Legacy
[edit]Stanley Kubrick wrote to Lipsett to praise Very Nice, Very Nice, stating that it was "the most imaginative and brilliant uses of the movie screen and soundtrack that I have ever seen."[4] Kubrick asked him to create a trailer for his upcoming Dr. Strangelove. Lipsett declined Kubrick's offer. Pablo Ferro eventually went on to direct the trailer himself;[5] however, Lipsett's influence on Kubrick is clearly visible in the released trailer.[6]
By 1970, the film had 200 prints in circulation. It is often shown at film festivals and in film schools. American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage was given a copy of the film at one point.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ FilmAffinity
- ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Short Film Winners: 1962 Oscars
- ^ Hassannia, Tina (2 March 2016). "Colin Low, Don Owen and how the NFB's Unit B changed Canadian cinema". CBC Arts. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Stanley Kubrick, cinephile|BFI
- ^ Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Collage Films on NFB
- ^ THE SHORT FILMS OF ARTHUR LIPSETT (Arthur Lipsett, 1963-1970) on Vimeo