links / references
COPRODUCTION COMPANYHübner/Wallenfels GbR
www.hwav.de
vimeo.com/301024086
www.playlandusa.com/
www.facebook.com/playlandusafi...
Playland USA
Playland USA
Playland USA
Playland USA
Playland USA
Playland USA
Playland USA
Playland USA
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Co-Production Company
Erlenstrasse 16
01097 Dresden
01097 Dresden
Hübner/Wallenfels GbR
www.hwav.de
vimeo.com/301024086
www.playlandusa.com/
www.facebook.com/playlandusafi...
Playland USA
Synopsis
A poetic time travel fantasy through the imagined history of the United States as a modern fairyland, along the traces of our desire for illusion and escapism – fatally bound between fact and fiction, anticipating the current reality shifts in the US.PLAYLAND USA questions the possibilities and limits of the representation of history and is a self-reflection regarding film as a medium. The film asks essential questions: What is seeing? How do we see the world? And: What is invisible, for us, for others?
The film draws a line in cinematic images from Noah’s Ark to the colonization of Mars, including dinosaurs, Indians, and superheroes, of course. It becomes increasingly clear that Benjamin Schindler has made many „American Dreams“ into an „American Nightmare“, inscribing quotes of pop culture and Hollywood into a biblical history. When the film recounts the shooting at the Batman premiere in Aurora, reality and fiction have finally merged.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Producer
- Director of photography
- Sound Design
- Original Score
Festivals/awards
201940 Film Festival Max-Ophüls-Preis - World Premiere
Co-Production Company
Erlenstrasse 16
01097 Dresden
01097 Dresden
