Her
Showing August 26 at 5:45pm
NR • 2h 6m
A film by Spike Jonze
With Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Lynn Adrianna
About the film
FEATURING POST-SCREENING DISCUSSION with KIRK ELLIS
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
The true worth of Her will be realized when the idea that it is based upon is ultimately achieved. Whenever that happens in the future, people are going to look back at Her in disbelieved awe for foreseeing the future with such disarming precision.
Gautam Anand
The Cinemaholic
That idea has been achieved. AI is now an unavoidable part of our everyday life, and its capacities -- and risks -- grow exponentially with each passing day, hour, minute, and second. Made in 2013, Spike Jonze's prescient film warned of the dangers of what is now being called the "post-human" future confronting us all.
