Nails

Running 13m and made in Canada, Nails (1979) is a Documentary film in the 123movies catalog. Phillip Borsos directs. 10 votes put it at 7.2/10. 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.