Nice Time is a 1957 documentary film made by Alain Tanner and Claude Goretta in Britain and included in the third Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre, London in May 1957.[1] It won the Experimental Film prize at the film festival in Venice[2] and much critical praise.

Nice Time
Directed by	Claude Goretta Alain Tanner
Cinematography	John Fletcher
Music by	Charles Mcdevitt Skiffle Group
Production company	BFI Experimental Film Fund
Distributed by	BFI Curzon Film Distributors
Release date	1957 (1957)
Running time	17 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

It is approximately 17 minutes in length, and comprises 190 shots of crowds of leisure-seeking people taken over 25 weekends in London's Piccadilly Circus.[3] There is no narration, and no dialogue; a soundtrack consisting of several folk songs (including the American song "Greenback Dollar" and other skiffle songs) ties shots together into groups, while there is little recorded sound from the scenes shown on screen.

The filmmakers, both in their late twenties, made the documentary on a shoestring budget after receiving a grant of £240 from the British Film Institute.[4] Chief among the film's subjects are movies and other entertainment; flirting, sex, and prostitution; and salesmanship and commodity culture.

References

External links

• Nice Time at IMDb
• Nice Time at the BFI's Screenonline

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