About the Event
Obex
Directed by Albert Birney
(2025, US, 90 min.)
Saturday, October 24, 7:00 p.m.
In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs.
Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney’s OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day.
Sarofim Hall is located at the corner of Entrance 8 via University Blvd. and Stockton St.
Discounted parking is available in West Lot 4. $6 flat rate, credit card required.
Free and open to the public.
