Very Nice, Very Nice

Arthur Lipsett CA, 1961, 7', 16 mm

Sound collage: Arthur Lipsett

Arthur Lipsett’s first film received a 1962 Academy Award nomination in the Best Live Action Short category. Like all of his films, Very Nice, Very Nice disrupts the representational value of documentary image and sound, moving beyond the genre’s aesthetic codes of truth and reliabiity. The result is a sardonic re-reading of 1950s consumerism, mass media and popular culture. Images of the repulsive and often overlooked damage left by both war and technological progress punctuate Very Nice, Very Nice, giving the film an enduring punch.

Wed 24/9 Kino SC 16:00

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From program Sounds Like Noise! 1: Images we listen