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- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 60 min
- Genre: Biography, Documentary
- Starring: Fortner Anderson, Marian Arnold, Donald Brittain, Martin Duckworth ... see all
- Director: Martin Lavut
- Plot: "Remembering Arthur" is a feature-length documentary about an influential yet little-known Canadian filmmaker. Although the Montreal-born artist's work won many awards and received an Oscar nomination, his life ended tragically... Read more
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As good as gab gets
Apr 23, 2007
jonathan-577 - imdb.com
Apr 23, 2007jonathan-577 - imdb.com
Well, you know me and documentaries - I think they all suck unless they're by Frederick Wiseman or are on a topic dear to my heart. Well Arthur Lipsett is DEAR, so sue me, because this artfully constructed array of... Full review
Bio doc of creative but troubled eccentric filmmaker
Mar 20, 2007
rasecz - imdb.com
Mar 20, 2007rasecz - imdb.com
Arthur Lipsett became an important name, especially in Canada, after his short "Very Nice, Very Nice" was nominated for an Oscar in 1961. That made him a filmmaker to be supported by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Through... Full review
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One of the joyful delusions shared by successive generations of film students is that though most aesthetic discoveries have deep roots in the work of yesteryear, they nevertheless spring fully formed from the bright young minds of today. ... Full Article
This is an achingly sad portrait of Arthur Lipsett, the Canadian experimental filmmaker who shot to international fame with his 1961 Oscar-nominee Very Nice, Very Nice and subsequently sank like a stone into mental illness and incoherence. ... Full Article