Nails (1979 film)

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Nails
Directed byPhillip Borsos
Produced byJohn Taylor
CinematographyRon Orieux
Edited byRaymond Hall
Music byMichael Conway Baker
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
13 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Nails is a 1979 Canadian

Best Documentary Short,[2] and was named Best Theatrical Short in 1980 at the 1st Genie Awards.[3]

Synopsis

A blacksmith is seen labouring at his forge, shaping nails from single strands of steel rods. The scene 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.

References

  1. ^ Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog + Nails|The Cinematheque
  2. ^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  3. . pp. 129-133.

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