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1961Short⏱️ 7mNot Rated
Short
6.8
IMDB Rating
947 votes

Through an unconventional use of concise narrative, a conceptual collage of sounds and images, and a rapid-fire montage, Arthur Lipsett's first film vividly portrays the urban estrangement in the times of social erosion and materi...

Director
Arthur Lipsett
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Language
English
Country
Canada
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 6
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Kingsley International, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

🏷️ Keywords

collagecontradictionestrangementeccentricityconcept

🎯 Categories

Short

⭐ Featured Review

It's hard to imagine this one was nominated for the Oscar.
by planktonrules2014-04-17
1/10

"This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short. It's a rather strange choice, as the film is much more an odd avant garde sort of thing than a film you'd think would get nominated for such a prestigious award. Perhaps it was just a very, very, very slow year. The film consists of tons and tons and tons of black & white photos that are flashed on the screen--accompanied by music (often martial music) and dialog from a variety of sources. It all seems amazingly random-- and sometimes the pictures and narration seem to have little to do with each other. The bottom..."

💡 Did You Know?

Stanley Kubrick described it as "one of the most imaginative and brilliant uses of the movie screen and soundtrack that I have ever seen."

📖 Synopsis

Through an unconventional use of concise narrative, a conceptual collage of sounds and images, and a rapid-fire montage, Arthur Lipsett's first film vividly portrays the urban estrangement in the times of social erosion and materi...