DVD:
Playland USA

Superman as the new president? After this movie you will see reality with different eyes.

Benjamin Schindler’s documentary is a fascinating journey to a familiar but unknown country in which the lines between fact and fiction, past and present, and dreams and real states of experience are blurred. A journey into the collective memory of collapsing societies. A journey into the post-truth era.
PLAYLAND USA shines a light onto the continuing loss of touch with reality in the US. The States export entertainment worldwide; how are they shaped by their own stories? Scenes of fantasy and magic collide with references to current issues like racism, populism and gun violence. Intense images and sound frames create an associative movie from the conquest of the new world to the settlement of foreign planets.

Worldwide Release on 23 October 2020
Cat. No.: 109425 (DVD)

Genre Documentary
Recording location USA
Production year 2019
Duration 88 mins
Video format DVD / NTSC
Audio format PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Production Company zeitgebilde Filmproduktion & Hübner/Wallenfels
Coproduction Company WDR in cooperation with ARTE
Director Benjamin Schindler