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Nails (1979) Online
1979 Phillip Borsos
Original Title :
Nails
Genre :
Movie / Documentary / Short
Year :
1979
Directror :
Phillip Borsos
Type :
Movie
Time :
13min
Rating :
7.3/10

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Nails (1979) Online

This Oscar nominated documentary short tracks the shift in the relationship of an individual to his work between the 19th century and today. Focusing on how nails are made, we first see a blacksmith laboring at his forge, shaping nails from single strands of steel rods. The scene then shifts from this peaceful setting to the roar of a 20th century nail mill, where banks of machines draw, cut, and pound the steel rods faster than the eye can follow. /// Comment fabrique-t-on un clou? Qu'il soit forgé sur l'enclume, coupé mécaniquement ou produit de façon industrielle, ce petit objet si utile traverse les mêmes étapes relativement simples de fabrication. La démonstration d'une technique et son évolution est illustrée par trois lieux de travail: la forge, l'atelier et l'usine. Sans commentaire, avec accompagnement de bruits naturels qui rendent plus saisissantes encore ces vivantes images de feu et d'eau.


User reviews

MilsoN

MilsoN

I was shown "Nails" in a film class and was really enthralled and enjoyed the experience.

The film is a short about the manufacturing of Nails. Yet it has no narration. It just shows the machines working and the nails being produced, with the sounds of the factory in the background. Simple.

But it's the strength of the shots that makes the film worth watching. The composition is the strength.

If you are interested in film as a purely visual medium try and find this. Although I'd have no idea where you should go look.
DireRaven

DireRaven

This is a documentary short produced by the National Film Board of Canada and nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Short, losing to Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist. There will be spoilers ahead:

I must admit, I really had no idea what to expect when I watched this, given that the subject matter is nails. But the NFBC has a very good track record, so I went in expecting that it would be well done at least from a technical standpoint. It turned out to be very good.

It opens with a shot of what appears to be a farm and then goes into a building where a smith is forging nails. We see him making nails by hand. then there's a transition to a largely automated factory producing nails in large quantities almost more rapidly than the eye can follow.

The next scene is a nail production facility falling somewhere between the two extremes shown thus far, one using machines but with more work being done by people working hands on at various points in the process. There's no narration, though there's a most energetic score which matches the tempo of the footage.

This short is available at the NFBC website for viewing online and they also list a DVD option. It's well worth watching. Most recommended.