What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Short 1963)

What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Zeph Michaelis, Mimi Stark, Sarah Braveman, Fred Sica. A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible. He attempts to function again by consulting an analyst and becoming married, but eventually succumbs to his strange anxiety by disappearing into the picture.

“I saw this film a few months ago as part of a package that was showing five of Martin Scorseseu0026#39;s early short films (the other films included were u0026quot;The Big Shaveu0026quot;, u0026quot;Itu0026#39;s Not Just You, Murrayu0026quot;, u0026quot;Italianamericanu0026quot; and u0026quot;American Boyu0026quot;) at the local art-house theater.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Whatu0026#39;s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?u0026quot; is very similar to his other NYU film-school effort u0026quot;Itu0026#39;s Not Just You, Murrayu0026quot;. It is a quirky little film about a writer and his obsession with a photograph he has on his wall. This obsession has caused him to develop writers block.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enThe film plays out like a short fable and displays a much more humorous and playful side of Scorsese. You can tell itu0026#39;s Scorsese, but his style is much quirkier and less potent here. Still, itu0026#39;s a good, funny short movie worth seeing if you want to see where Scorsese was routed.”