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Robot & Frank

Presented by California Film Institute at Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA

May 01 2024

Robot & Frank

a remarkable meditation on the power of memory, the complexities of aging & future technology

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Shows:
Wednesday, May 1 • 7:00
Screening & Conversation

Get off my Lawn!
Aging, AI, & making connections in a technological world

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 Netfliz 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.