Arthur Lipsett’s first film. 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.”
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
30057
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Urbanization
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization
Comedy
Comedy → Satire
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urbanization
Experimental
Experimental → Experimental films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anxiety
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Imagery (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Perception
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology
History → Urbanization
Short films
Short films → Short films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)