Booksmart
: A surreal drug-trip sequence featuring animated dolls took 30 people five months to complete, produced by the studio behind BoJack Horseman .
: Olivia Wilde aimed for a feeling of "freedom" in the film’s visual style. She and production designer Katie Byron meticulously decorated character bedrooms with trophies and depictions of influential women like Michelle Obama.
: Susanna Fogel revised the screenplay, making Amy a lesbian and shifting the goal from finding boyfriends to attending a graduation party. Booksmart
A of its subversion of teen movie tropes? Booksmart - Creating the Aura of Freedom in Cinematography
: Initially written by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, the first version centered on the girls' quest to find boyfriends for prom. : A surreal drug-trip sequence featuring animated dolls
A of the creative team (Olivia Wilde or Katie Silberman)?
: Booksmart received critical acclaim, earning a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and winning the Golden Tomato Award for Best-Reviewed Comedy of 2019. : Susanna Fogel revised the screenplay, making Amy
: Premiering at SXSW, the film grossed nearly five times its modest $6 million budget worldwide.