How to read a movie? - 'I'm here' by Spike Jonze

Enjoy this romantic sci-fi film. With some tips beforehand on what to watch for, and discussing the film afterwards.

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Date and time Friday 18 January 2019 20:00 tot 21:00 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 2

I'm Here (2010) is a short, romantic sci-fi film by Spike Jonze commissioned by Absolut Vodka in which two robots fall in love in a future society where humans and robots live alongside one another. Jonze - who won Oscars for both his films Being John Malkovich and Her - is an American film, commercial and video clip director, producer and actor.
What exactly is the difference between a film and a novel? How can watching films well help you to read novels? What can a film do that a book can't? Lidewijde Paris gave you some tips beforehand on what to watch for. After the screening she discussed the film and its relation towards Winternachten festival's theme Who Wants to Live Forever?

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Lidewijde Paris

(The Netherlands, 1962) is a writer and journalist. She studied Dutch Language and Literature at Utrecht University. She then started working as a journalist for the Dutch daily NRC. She later worked as a publisher at publishing houses such as Querido, Ailantus and Nieuw Amsterdam. In 2016, Paris founded De Lees!ambassade (The Reading Embassy) to promote literary reading. Since 2017, she has also worked as a radio presenter and since 2018 as a book reviewer with Dutch broadcasters. At the Filmhuis Den Haag, she regularly presents Hoe lees ik een film? (How Do I Read a Film?). She published Hoe lees ik? (How Do I Read?, an accessible book explaining literary tricks), Hoe lees ik korte verhalen? (How Do I Read Short Stories?) and Een gedicht is ook maar een ding (A Poem is Just a Thing).
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