“Nobody’s getting out of here alive.”

This familiar war movie line is at the core of Ralph Arlyck’s deeply personal, funny movie about life on the last lap.

In a world that celebrates youth, productivity, and pizazz, I Like It Here can open up deeper conversations about the emotional aspects of entering one's last lap. People are moved by this movie. And they’re often eager to talk about it. The film tries to mitigate fears about dying by making a case for the lightness and calm that can accompany decelerating in our relentless race forward..

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We’re working with aligned organizations to reframe societal attitudes toward aging and dying.

We’ll do this through:

• National PBS Broadcast reaching 3+ million viewers
• Live & Virtual Screening Events + Q&As with aligned organizations
• Custom Educational Tools to educate and empower
• Conference Participation to deepen impact
• Educational Screening Events & Discussions at colleges, universities and retirement communities
• Release on Traditional Streaming Platforms like iTunes and Amazon

“A beautiful meditation on mortality”

–The Film Stage
"As poetic and soothing as a cat’s purr; at once minimally lyrical and eloquent."

– FIPRESCI Reviews
"I Like it Here” has worked wonderfully in several of our sessions. The audiences were deeply engaged and conversations about the pleasures and challenges of aging continued long after the screenings”.

– Anne Brueckner, Bard College: Lifetime Learning Institute
“[Arlyck] is doing precisely what great memoirists do: invite us into their stories as a way of making space for us to reflect on our own… I’ve seen the movie twice, and both times I found myself moved near tears”.

– Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times

Meet the Filmmaker

Ralph Arlyck,
Director & Producer.

Director/Producer Ralph Arlyck's film work includes Following Sean which screened at numerous American and international festivals, was broadcast nationally on PBS and garnered two Emmy nominations; Current Events, which was selected as Best Documentary at the Atlanta Film Festival and aired on PBS and the BBC; An Acquired Taste, regarded as a classic of the personal-essay genre. His films have screened at Sundance, the New York and London Film Festivals, the Prix Italia.

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