Very Nice, Very Nice

Very Nice, Very Nice is a Canadian experimental short film by Arthur Lipsett from the year 1961.

Action

The film is a collage of sound fragments and images that connect to partially or refute ironic. They show everyday life, but also advertising and celebrity photographs as well as the explosion of a nuclear bomb. A recurring element is a hand-clapping, followed by the statement " Bravo! Very nice, very nice. " Critics were that the film is " a world full of information and pictures summons, which was, however, low in importance and filled with longing. "

Production

Very Nice, Very Nice was the directorial debut of Arthur Lipsett (1936-1986), who worked since 1958 at the National Film Board of Canada as an animator. The film is composed of fragments of commercials, documentaries, but most of all recordings that the NFB had discarded. The rapidly cut film fragments - mostly still images - are backed by a sound collage, which consisted collected in the cutting rooms of the NFB in the summer of 1961 bands residues. It also marked the beginning of Lipsetts work on the film, since the film recordings were made by cutting out the soundtrack. He himself said that the film was originally just a Tonexperiment. The total cost of the film amounted to around $ 500.

Awards

Very Nice, Very Nice was in 1962 nominated Best Short Film for an Oscar in the category.