'Harold and Maude' with Mayor's Book Club

The Mayor's Book Club is holding a special screening, with free admission, of the 1971 movie  Harold and Maude. What does this dark culty comedy have to do with the Mayor's Book Club? The following explanation is from the Alamo website:

"This year, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell chose Amigoland by local author Oscar Casares. Mr. Casares' novel wrestles with issues of aging and family isolation through a story about two stubborn, estranged and aging brothers who live in a small town on the Mexican border.

"Although far removed from the Mexican border, Hal Ashby's HAROLD & MAUDE wrestles with similar themes. To gain some insight into Mr. Casares' novel, please join us for a screening to the 1971 classic followed by a panel discussion organized by the Mayor's Book Club.

"The panel: Stages of Life specialists Shirley Haulotte (LCSW, chaplain and social worker at Lighthouse Hospice) and Dr. Steven Sonnenberg, M.D. (Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine) will discuss both the film and Mr. Cesares' novel. Pauline Strong (director of UT's Humanities Institute) will moderate."