MADE IN USA

MADE IN USA

(extrase din serialul MADE IN USA, realizat de Doru Dumitrescu, în noiembrie 1990, şi difuzat de TVR1, în martie-aprilie 1991).

 

În 1990, TVR a primit, din partea U.S.I.A. (United States Information Agency), propunerea de-a realiza un film de 30 de minute despre întreprinderile mici şi mica agricultură din SUA. Filmul urma să fie subvenţionat de U.S.I.A. De reuşita acestui program depindea o întreagă strategie de colaborare pe termen lung. Directorul de Programe a luat hotărîrea să mă ocup de problemă. La faţa  locului, împreună cu cameramanul Radu Toader, am constatat că puteam filma oricît vroiam, dar să nu neglijăm scopul… deplasării. George Santulli, producător şi regizor la U.S.I.A., ne-a însoţit în periplul american. N-a înţeles din “prima” vorba românească “O dată vede naşu’…”, dar a răspuns pozitiv la toate dorinţele noastre… profesionale. Chiar şi-n momentele extraprofesionale, Radu nu se despărţea de videocameră. “Alte chestii o să le filmaţi data viitoare. Nu puteţi face totul acum” spunea George. Vorba românească s-a adeverit: nu ne-am mai văzut de-atunci… Şi uite-aşa, din 30 de minute proiectate, a ieşit un serial de 6 episoade x 30 de minute! (fără cheltuieli suplimentare, fără sponsori, doar prin munca şi pasiunea pentru meserie a doi oameni). La întoarcere, materialul a intrat, pentru prelucrare, pe mîinile altor profesionişti care au pus multă inimă în acest film (care, fără exagerare, se simte de către cel care se uită pe ecran). Mai jos, sînt extrase din serial, căruia un neexperimentat director (temporar) de programe la TVR i-a refuzat categoric reluarea (totuşi, un rezumat al serialului a fost difuzat cînd temporarul director se plimba pe alte meridiane). Inutil să mai spun că americanii au fost încîntaţi de rezultat, ceea ce-a deschis drumul altor colegi care au “rezolvat” alte teme, dar fără extensia unui… serial.

Este un film realizat în 1990 şi trebuie luat ca atare. Inutil să spun că astăzi l-aş face, evident, altfel. Dar acest MADE IN USA rămîne foarte apropiat de sufletul meu.

P.S. Comentariul lui George Santulli (de mai jos) argumenteaza si mai mult că acest prim program, realizat cu TVR, prin calitatea lui, a dat “cale liberă” colaborării profesionale a U.S.I.A. (SUA) cu țările din această zonă europeană.

NOTA BENE pentru politrucii roșii care guvernează TVR de prea, prea, prea mulți ani!!!!

 

2 Responses to MADE IN USA
  1. George Santulli 12.01.2011 at 17:56 Reply

    Doru,

    From what I can tell, it is an index of all of the programs that you have worked on? I can see our Made in USA program mentioned, but refuse to believe that was 20 YEARS AGO!! OMG!!
    Do you know that your program in 1990 was the very first Co-op we did with “eastern Europe”? I had just come back from vacation and my boss called me into the office to say that we wanted to “try” a Co-op with eastern Europe, now that the wall was down…and for whatever reason, Romania was chosen to be the “test” case. It was also the first time that we had done a grant to the TV station to cover expenses. Up till then, the TV stations all paid their costs, and we paid ours.
    Now, 20 years later, we are still giving these grants to TV stations…and have done hundreds of them…but yours was the very first one and became a model for all of the programs we have done since!! You and Radu were true pioneers!! Somewhere, I still have my pictures of that trip.
    Do you remember the “tzueeka” bottle that opened in Radu’s bag? Haha..the bag was drunk!
    I have not been to Romania… Yet!…
    Take care for now, and thanks for the website…very cool! 20 years ago such technology was just a dream!

    George

    • George,
      everything was possible because our team – myself and Radu – worked directly with a great professional! Home plans have turned into a surprising adventure in the American area, and thanks to you and common ideas with your boss, viewers in Romania have come into contact with realities never seen before. I wanted Janis Joplin, you showed us where she sang for the first time, I wanted Elvis and, in Memphis, my signature is on one of the stones of the Graceland property’s fence (so it’s the loco habit, it wasn’t a favor for us) – that’s because – bad luck – that day was not allowed access inside! Also the first American mail-courier monument, the first American tractor and many more were absolute new entries for the Romanian viewer. For us, the biggest surprise signed “GEORGE” was the little trip aboard a helicopter of the US coast guard. WOW! Super surprise!!!! If our hearts did not resonate at the same frequency, everything would have been just 30 minutes contracted. My desire to give free to imagination has found an excellent receiver to you.
      Thank you, George, my friend, over and over again! Even after 27 years!


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