Spike Jonze will be at the IFC Center on Thursday to screen his short film I’M HERE and sign copies of the accompanying DVD/CD/book package
IFC Center
323 Sixth Ave. at Third St.
Thursday, September 23, 7:00
212-924-7771
www.ifccenter.com
Writer, director, producer, skateboard aficionado, and practical joker Spike Jonze has made the feature films BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION., and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE as well as some of the greatest music videos ever, including the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You” and “Weapon of Choice,” and Weezer’s “Buddy Holly.” Ever the eclectic personality, he has also produced and appeared in the JACKASS movies. His latest short film is I’M HERE, a charming, bittersweet tale about robot love. Andrew Garfield stars as Sheldon, a sad, lonely robot made of old-fashioned parts who is befriended by the much more modern Francesca (Sienna Guillory), against the better judgment of her oh-so-chic clique. Francesca tends to be rather injury prone, and there is literally nothing Sheldon won’t do to make her happy. Jonze will be at the IFC Center on Thursday for a screening of the twenty-nine-minute flick, followed by a Q&A and a signing of the accompanying DVD/CD/book package (McSweeney’s, August 2010, $35).