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October 21, 2015

Opalka Gallery at Sage to Host Screening of Tron

The Opalka Gallery on the Sage College of Albany campus will host a screening of the third film in its fall 2015 film series, Tron, on Thursday, October 22, at 6:30 p.m.

The original cult classic from 1982 stars Jeff Bridges as a computer programmer who is abducted and transported into the digital world of a video game.

The event is free and open to the public. The Opalka Galley is located on the Sage College of Albany campus located at 140 New Scotland Avenue, in Albany. For more information visit www.sage.edu/opalka/programming.

Upcoming films in the series include:

Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball (2006)Thursday, November 19, 6:30 p.m.
“Tilt” tells the story of “Pinball 2000,” a clever attempt at resuscitating pinball as video games were on the rise. It’s a story about personality and passion, of bold success dizzyingly followed by stunning failure.

Us and the Game Industry (2014)Thursday, December 3, 6:30 p.m.
This documentary film explores the motivations and processes of computer game designers at the frontier of experimental game development.