GET OFF MY LAWN!
AGING, AI, & MAKING CONNECTIONS IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD
SCREENING + CONVERSATION
ROBOT AND FRANK
An irascible old man (Frank Langella) is starting to forget things, but there’s one thing he remembers very well: the robot his son sent over as a caretaker is not welcome in his house. This award-winning 2012 science-fiction buddy comedy from director Jake Schreier (Paper Towns, the Netflix series Beef) is a remarkable meditation on the power of memory, the complexities of aging and the technological uncertainties of the future.
Director: Jake Scoreier (2012) 89 min.
SPECIAL GUEST:
NINA SCHUYLER an award-winning novelist, her 2023 science-fiction drama “Afterword” was named a Top 100 Notable Book by Shelf Unbound. Her short story collection “In This Ravishing World” will be released in July, but has already won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature. Schuyler’s other works include “The Translator,” “The Painting,” and “How to Write Stunning Sentences.” She teaches creative writing for Stanford Continuing Studies and The Writing Salon.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 • 7:00
$14 General | $10.25 Seniors & Youth | $8.50 CAFILM members
This presentation is part of SCIENCE ON SCREEN®, a series pairing film screenings with lively scientific discussions – an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.