The Politics of Robocop, discussed today | With Dr. Peter Weller, Screenwriter Edward Neumeier

Описание: Join Dr. Peter Weller, screenwriter Ed Neumeier, and Orion Pictures Barbara Boyle on a panel at UCLA to discuss Robocop's themes and the politics present in the film.

Dr. Peter Weller is a noted actor, director and Italian Renaissance art historian and jazz musician. His career in the theatre includes original New York productions of David Mamet’s THE WOODS, David Rabe’s STICKS AND BONES and STREAMERS and William Mastrosimone’s WOOL GATHERER. Among his films he is known as the star of the iconic Robocop, Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, Naked Lunch, The New Age, Mighty Aphrodite, Star Trek Into Darkness, Dexter, 24, Cabinet of Curiosities. As director he helmed Elmore Leonard’s Gold Coast, received an Oscar nod for Best Live Action Short Film and executed episodes from Homicide to Justified, Sons of Anarchy, Tyrant, and Hawaii 5-0 amongst others.

In addition to a half-century career in theatre, film, and television, Dr. Weller received his PhD in Italian Renaissance Art-Intellectual History with a minor in Ancient Rome from UCLA. “Leon Battista Alberti in Exile” is Weller’s first book published by Cambridge University Press.