‘I Like It Here’ Director Ralph Arlyck on the Passing of Time, Having No Regrets, Staying Independent
variety.comTara Karajica In Ralph Arlyck’s “I Like It Here” – his first film in 18 years – the U.S. documentary filmmaker reflects on his life while spending time with neighbors, friends, colleagues, children and grandchildren, and at the same time making peace with the physical and emotional obstacles of growing old, and pondering on the serenity and fulfilment that come with entering one’s final years.
The film plays in the International Competition at the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival on March 10. At first, Arlyck thought he would make a film about his neighbor Ernie, a Hungarian hermit who lived north of his farm, but “it quickly became clear that he wasn’t going to go for that,” he tells Variety. “At that point, I realized that it really wasn’t Ernie that was gnawing at me.
It was what we all confront: aging and these questions that become very prominent in front of your face. You’re getting older and you can’t do what you used to do.
You’re gonna die… All these questions. I really realized that’s what I wanted to make a film about.” He adds: “It comes as a shock.
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