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Very Nice, Very Nice + Free Fall + Piece Mandala/End War + REW-FFWD + Negativipeg

Very Nice, Very Nice + Free Fall + Piece Mandala/End War + REW-FFWD + Negativipeg
Location
Main screening room
Date
April 26th, 2024
Duration
69 min
Cycle
Simon Beaulieu, Retrospective and Carte Blanche

After several nuanced portrait films of Quebec cultural figures, Simon Beaulieu, also a screenwriter, follows a trajectory that brings his work closer to the essay film. In addition to screening his films, the carte blanche we offer him showcases the diversity of his influences and the eclecticism of his tastes.

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Very Nice, Very Nice
Directed by
Arthur Lipsett
Language
English
Origins
Quebec
Year
1961
Duration
7 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

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."

Very Nice, Very Nice
Free Fall
Directed by
Arthur Lipsett
Language
English
Origins
Quebec
Year
1964
Duration
10 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
Digital
Synopsis

An experimental film from Arthur Lipsett, Free Fall is an assortment of film trimmings assembled to make a wry comment on humankind in today’s world. It evokes a surrealist dream of our fall from grace into banality.

Free Fall
Piece Mandala/End War
Directed by
Paul Sharits
Language
No dialogue
Origins
USA
Year
1966
Duration
5 min
Genre
Experimental
Format
16 mm
Synopsis

Fast alternating erotic images and colors, the vibration of two bodies embracing.

Preserved in our collections

Piece Mandala/End War
REW-FFWD
Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Language
English, French with French subtitles
Origins
Quebec
Year
1994
Duration
31 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

In this film by Denis Villeneuve, a young photographer is on assignment in Jamaica. It's a cultural shock! First anguished, he later becomes quite fascinated by the people he meets, their neighbourhood and their music.

REW-FFWD
Negativipeg
Directed by
Matthew Rankin
Language
English
Origins
Canada
Year
2010
Duration
16 min
Genre
Documentary
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Negativipeg tells the story of Rory Lepine, who shot to Herostratic fame in 1985 when he attacked Winnipeg rock legend Burton Cummings with a beer bottle in a North End 7-Eleven. Narrated by Lepine himself, the film meditates on this mysterious act of destruction and suggests that Winnipeg might have an attitude problem.

Negativipeg

Sur notre blogue

À l'occasion de la rétrospective qui lui est consacrée, doublée d'une carte blanche de treize séances de films de son choix, Simon Beaulieu a bien voulu répondre à nos questions sur son parcours de cinéaste et cinéphile.