THE WIZARD OF U.S.

POLISH TITLE: CZARNOKSIĘŻNIK Z KRAINY U.S.

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The Wizard of U.S. is a social satire - an animated documentary about emotions, based on themes from the popular American novel The Wizard of Oz, in order to illustrate how Los Angeles makes the American Dream come true. The film describes observations, dilemmas and adventures shared by all of those, who just like Dorothy – the main character–want to be “the voice of their generation” and try their luck in Hollywood. This is the hyper-realistic America, with all its attractions, such as living “at full capacity”, the enthusiasm and embarrassingly white smiles of “the local people” seen through the eyes of a “stranger” from Europe. Using the factual interviews with the inhabitants of Los Angeles, observing their everyday life, habits and behavior, after three years of having survived in L.A. the director reveals the thrills and absurdities that govern the world of the big stakes and unleashed dreams the way it is all perceived by an immigrant from Europe.

GENRE:
animation
COUNTRY:
POLAND
RUNNING TIME:
22'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Balbina Bruszewska
SCRIPT:
Balbina Bruszewska
DOP:
Balbina Bruszewska, Tomasz Łaptaszyński, Mariusz Andryszczyk
EDITOR:
Janusz Czubak
MUSIC:
Adam Hajzer, Martin Tillman, Nate Pennington
ANIMATION:
Izumi Yoshida, Katarzyna Melnyk, Zuzanna Szyszak, Magdalena Parszewska, Monika Dovnar, Artur Huk, Agata Karpisz, Noemi Staniszewska, Adrian Fijałek
PRODUCTION:
WJTeam, Orian Williams

Balbina Bruszewska »

writer and director of animated films and music videos born in Lodz Poland in 1982. Animation graduate of the Polish National Film School in Lodz and the UCLA Extensios CA in writing for television. Multi-media artist and writer known for playful analysis of the bitter-sweet reality that bites the western civilization in the modern World. Alumni of prestigious art scholarships such as Młoda Polska, educator, philosopher, member of Board of Directors at the Polish Film Institute.