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DANCE PARTY USA

(dir. Aaron Katz, 66 mins, 2006)

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"May be 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."
- Steve Dollar, NY SUN (read review)

"A remarkably delicate construction, whose narrative relies more on natural drift than artificial drama to nudge its cast toward adulthood. . . captures the way sex and assorted substances distract from the creeping terror of life after high school . . . Directed with extraordinary empathy by Aaron Katz."
- Jeannette Catsoulis, NY TIMES (read review)

"Challenging, gritty, and true."
- THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

"Impressive. The actors are tremendous. I watched it and couldn't quite figure out how it came together. That elusive quality is something special."
- Andrew Bujalski

"Dance Party, USA snuck up on me, which is a testament to writer/director Katz. . .He captures the empty conversation of young people. . .It's funny, but then it's kind of sad."
- AIN'T IT COOL NEWS

"Pensinger's performance is flawlessly natural. This is the best truly independent American film I've seen since MUTUAL APPRECIATION."
- CITY PAGES

South by South West Film Festival 2006 * Chicago Underground Film Festival 2006

Seventeen-year-old Gus hangs around doing nothing with his buddy Bill most of the time. Gus likes to tell half-true stories about all the girls he’s slept with and all the drugs he’s done. Jessica is seventeen too. She doesn’t seem to have much in common with anyone anymore – not even her best friend Christie. Every year this guy Brian throws a 4th of July party. The party’s never that great, the there’s free beer, so people always go. Gus and Jessica meet each other there. They watch fireworks outside and light sparklers. Gus says that he’s not the sort of guy she thinks he is. He tells her a secret. It changes everything.