Oscar Winning Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin introduces his film “Jacob’s Ladder”
Bruce Joel Rubin is an Oscar-winning screenwriter, photographer and meditation teacher.
His films have often explored themes of life and death with metaphysical and science fiction elements.
Co-presented with the Buddhist Film Foundation
JACOB’S LADDER
Long after this film was released as a thriller, Bruce Joel Rubin revealed that his screenplay was inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
Tim Robbins stars as a Vietnam veteran mourning his dead child and struggling to maintain his sanity. With Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello, Jason Alexander.
Director: Adrian Lyne. Rated R. (1990) 113 min.
Rubin will discuss the film with Buddhist Film Foundation executive director Gaetano Kazuo Maida.
$13 - General
$11 - Seniors
$9 - CFI members
Phone: 415-454-1222
Email: rafaeltheater@cafilm.org
Additional time info:
7:00 pm - Bruce Joel Rubin will discuss the film with BFF executive director Gaetano Kazuo Maida following the film.
2019/06/06 - 2019/06/06
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
1118 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901