I Like It Here

Ralph Arlyck

At age 82, longtime documentarian Ralph Arlyck has created one of his most personal films, a clear-eyed meditation on the reality and surprising beauties of aging, and an eloquent cinematic statement about finding inner peace and accepting life in all its pleasures and challenges.

DIRECTOR
Ralph Arlyck
YEAR
2022
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
88 minutes
START DATE
January 15, 2023

Q&A with director Ralph Arlyck

An American documentarian for more than 50 years, Ralph Arlyck, at age 82, has created one of his most personal films. A clear-eyed meditation on the reality and surprising beauties of aging, I Like It Here finds the filmmaker reflecting on his life with discursive wit and composure while spending time with friends and lovers, neighbors and colleagues, children and grandchildren. As Arlyck reckons with the physical and emotional obstacles of growing old, he also considers the tranquility and pleasure that can come with moving into one’s final years. Threaded through with wistfulness rather than sadness or regret, situating the filmmaker within the natural beauty of his upstate New York farm, this is an eloquent cinematic statement about finding inner peace and accepting life in all its joys and challenges.

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