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DESCRIPTION:\n	With screenwriter Jim Taylor and bioethicist S. Matthew Liao
  in person\, moderated by Heather Berlin \n	\n	\n	Dir. Alexander Payne. 20
 17\, 136 mins. DCP courtesy Paramount Pictures. With Matt Damon\, Kristen 
 Wiig\, Rolf Lassgård\, Laura Dern\, Hong Chau\, Jason Sudeikis\, Christoph
  Waltz. The speculative new Alexander Payne film Downsizing is premised on
  a fascinating and plausible scientific theory: at five inches tall\, the 
 world's resources would go a long way. Scientists have discovered how to s
 hrink people in order to address over-population and help save the planet.
  Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to downsize i
 n order to afford the kind of life they want. In real life\, the desperate
  state of the planet has caused scientists to consider human engineering i
 n order to mitigate the effects of climate change. Focusing on the science
  and philosophy behind Downsizing\, a preview screening of the film will b
 e followed by a discussion with Payne's co-writer Jim Taylor (Sideways) an
 d NYU's Director of Bioethics S. Matthew Liao\, moderated by Mount Sinai n
 euroscientist Heather Berlin. \n	\n	\n	Cinema Circle events are free for M
 useum members at the Film Lover level and above. \n	\n	The event is at cap
 acity. Some tickets may become available on standby to Museum members at t
 he Film Lover level and above.\n	\n	  \n	\n	About the participants: \n	\n	
 \n	Jim Taylor is a writer and producer who has collaborated with Alexander
  Payne to write Election\, About Schmidt\, and Sideways. Taylor has won an
  Academy Award\, two Golden Globes\, and two Writers Guild Awards. His pro
 duction company Ad Hominem has produced features such as The Descendants\,
  Cedar Rapids\, and Downsizing\, which Taylor also co-wrote. \n	\n	\n	S. M
 atthew Liao is Director of of the Center for Bioethics and Professor of Ph
 ilosophy at New York University. He studies ethical issues arising out of 
 medical technologies\, pharmaceuticals\, and technology and privacy. He ha
 s written four books and is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Moral Philos
 ophy. \n	\n	\n	Heather Berlin is a cognitive neuroscientist and psychiatry
  professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai focusing on the 
 neural basis of impulsive and compulsive disorders and possible treatments
 . Dr. Berlin co-hosts Startalk All-Stars with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. She co-
 wrote and stars in the acclaimed Off-Broadway show Off The Top about the n
 euroscience of improvisation. \n	\n	\n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image - Redstone Theater
SUMMARY:Downsizing
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