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Dance Party, USA

General Info

  • Website

    dancepartyusamovie.com
  • Influences

    Y Tu Mama Tambien, Ratcatcher, Stranger Than Paradise, High School, All The Real Girls, Slacker, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Days of Heaven, You Can Count On Me, Gerry, The Last Detail
  • Directors

    WRITER & DIRECTOR
    Aaron Katz

    PRODUCERS
    Brendan McFadden & Marc Ripper

    CINEMATOGRAPHER
    Sean McElwee

    EDITOR
    Zach Clark

    COMPOSER
    Keegan Dewitt

    ASSISTANT CAMERA
    Andy Reed

    BOOM OPERATOR
    Martha Stephens

    CAST

    Anna Kavan
    Cole Pennsinger
    Ryan White
    Sarah Bing
    Natalie Buller
    Brendan McFadden
    Chad Hartigan

  • Festivals

    SXSW Film Festival
    Woodstock Film Festival
    Chicago Underground
    Film Pop Montreal
    Bend Film Festival
    S.F. Independent Film Festival
    Atlanta Underground
    Free Range Film Festival
    Bradford Film Festival (UK)
    Brooklyn Independent Film Series

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Blurbs

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REVIEWS

"Dance Party, USA is a remarkably delicate construction, directed with extraordinary empathy by Aaron Katz."
-The New York Times

"Aaron Katz's impressionistic, impressive film is a seemingly slight, secretly heartbreaking portrait of teenage ennui that manages to fit a shocking amount of emotional resonance into its barely one-hour running time."
-New York Magazine

"Writer/Director Aaron Katz has a gift for naturalistic dialogue."
-The Village Voice

"One of the best films of the year... a remarkable act of insight and restraint, refreshing in its authenticity and absolute lack of manufactured effect."
-The New York Sun

"Challenging, gritty, and true."
-The Austin Chronicle

"Katz and his absolutely stellar actors display remarkably subtle, complex insights"
-Time Out Chicago

"Brilliantly shot, truthfully acted, an inspiringly masterful tale of hooking up, reaching out, disconnecting and groping for happiness".
-The Oregonian

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Details

  • Status: Single
  • Hometown: Portland, OR
  • Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Schools

  • North Carolina School Of The Arts

    • Winston-salem,North Carolina
    • Graduated: 2004
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Major: Fillmmaking
    2000 to 2004

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