How It's Done

Directed by Marcel Łoziński
2006    88mDocumentary
6.26.2
Piotr Tymochowicz, media advisor to some of Poland's top politicians, claims that anybody can be molded into a charismatic leader. To prove it he's looking for a greenhorn that can be turned into a candidate. A call is put out for would-be participants, and hundreds apply. A small group is selected and under go training. Polish master Marcel Lozinksi followed Tymochowicz and this project for three years, and this beautifully shot and edited work paints a compelling portrait of cynical (and quite familiar) demagogy and populism in action. Taken through exercises in all aspects of being a politician, from body language to handling media scrums, soon a candidate emerges. The relative ease with which the political rookie, Dariusz, merges into active political life is quite shocking, as is his completely malleable ideology. "It's a revolution in communications," claims Tymochowicz.

Where to Watch How It's Done

  • Piotr Tymochowicz
  • Jacek Hugo-Bader
  • Marcel ŁozińskiDirector / Screenplay
  • Zbigniew DomagalskiProducer
  • Agnieszka BakProducer
  • Andrzej AdamczakDirector Of Photography
  • Jacek PetryckiDirector Of Photography
  • Lesław SkuzaDirector Of Photography
  • Radek ŁadczukDirector Of Photography
  • Katarzyna Maciejko-KowalczykEditor

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