| Very Nice, Very Nice | |
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| Directed by | Arthur Lipsett |
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| 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
Thoughts about the day-to-day life interpreted through snapshots and sound collages pondering if life is better than it was thirty years ago.
Production
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
Very Nice, Very Nice was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 34th Academy Awards.
Legacy
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." 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; however, Lipsett's influence on Kubrick is clearly visible in the released trailer.
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.
See also
References
- 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
External links
- Watch Very Nice, Very Nice on the NFB website
- Very Nice, Very Nice at IMDb
- Analysis of Very Nice, Very Nice by Michael Baker
| Arthur Lipsett | |
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| Films by Arthur Lipsett |
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| Films about Arthur Lipsett |
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- 1961 films
- Canadian collage films
- 1960s English-language films
- National Film Board of Canada short films
- Canadian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Arthur Lipsett
- Films produced by Colin Low (filmmaker)
- Films produced by Tom Daly
- 1960s avant-garde and experimental films
- English-language Canadian films
- Canadian avant-garde and experimental short films
- 1960s Canadian films