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.
Very Nice, Very Nice (1961) is a documentary film directed by Arthur Lipsett, released on January 1, 1961 with a runtime of 7m. Viewers rate it 6.0 out of 10 across 40 ratings.
Average viewer score of 6.0/10 from 40 ratings.
This is quite a feat of editing as it pulls together a fairly quick-fired montage of still images of faces and places coupled with some very short snippets of video tape to illustrate an urban landscape that consists of all forms of humanity. Happy, sad, young, old, joyous and loads and loads of yawning. It's peppered with seemingly random sound bites but by the end you might get a sense of it's purpose? Are we all…
Reviewed on April 28, 2024
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Very Nice, Very Nice was released on January 1, 1961 and runs for 7m.
Very Nice, Very Nice (1961) holds an average rating of 6.0 out of 10 from 40 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy documentary films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
