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Very Nice, Very Nice

1961 · 7 min

A restless collage of familiar faces and overheard voices that quietly unsettles, leaving a lingering unease beneath its cheerful refrain.

Directed by: Arthur Lipsett
Genres: Documentary

Overview: Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, "Very nice, very nice." The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

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Directed by: Arthur Lipsett
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
media
loneliness
memory
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: found footage
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Realism	7
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Darkness	6
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Arthur Lipsett
Runtime: 7 min
Country: Canada
Languages: English

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