We are delighted to feature HER as the Closing Night gala presentation of the 51st New York Film Festival.” Jonze’s extraordinary new film, HER, features Joaquin Phoenix who delivers an unforgettable, emotionally nuanced performance. Rose Kuo, the Executive Director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, added: “In dealing with tragi-comic puppeteers, renegade orchid growers, an island of wild things, or a man’s unique love affair, visionary film-maker Spike Jonze has shown himself to be the poet-laureate of our increasingly post-human world. The tone is magical, the freedom of the narrative is breathtaking, Joaquin Phoenix continues to be one of the most adventurous actors in movies, Rooney Mara and Amy Adams are unforgettable, Scarlett Johansson’s voice will break your heart, and so will this impossibly delicate, funny, daring movie.” “To discuss even a little bit of the plot – let’s just say that it’s about lonely people and artificial intelligence – is to deprive first-time viewers of the opportunity of discovering it themselves. “Like many people I’ve come to expect great and surprising things from Spike Jonze, but Her is something altogether new in cinema,” the festival’s director of programming and selection committee chair Kent Jones said in a statement. He soon becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system and falls in love with its female voice, “Samantha,” supplied by Johansson. Phoenix stars as a man who writes personal letters for other people. Jonze wrote and directed the futuristic Her. Her is produced by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures and will feature music from Arcade Fire. The Warner Brother’s movie is set to be released in select theaters on November 20 th later this year. premiere of Being John Malkovich and we had all our friends there and it feels so nice to come back to NYFF.” The New York Film Festival is where we premiered our first movie and that’s really special. ![]() Jonze said in a statement, “I’m very excited that it’s a premiere in the city. For the full festival lineup: New York Film Festival
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