Spring Break
Six hours, one critic, and a litany of styles
by Kate Gardiner
Arts | 3/6/07
Posted online at 12:07 AM EST on 3/6/07
The most "foreign" of the films came from outside Brandeis. Ruben Calderon's comedy about a woman playing a trick on a susceptible man, was a tribute to a Merchant-Ivory period piece (think A Room with a View or Maurice). It came complete with the soft, yellowish lighting typical of '80s British film, as well as the appropriate drawing-room atmosphere and setting.
Wellesley College's Danielle M. Krudy submitted the other, which was shot mostly in Brussels on public transportation and on the street. Its story is told in English, French and German with a very documentary, person-on-the-street feel. Moodily lit by street lights, it emphasizes shots of Ms. Krudy's very nice cheekbones with a lot of chatter about, as its SunDeis description says, "a film student, disillusioned and confused, seeking guidance and empowerment from two very different sources," a female German filmmaker and a single mother in Brussels.
Several other movies caught my attention-a rather weird one featuring a bicycle pump as as timer and a hard-boiled-egg eating contest; another using shoes to discern protagonists; The Wedding, which featured a cameo by the lovely Assistant Dean of Student Life Alwina Bennett; and a cute film from Brandeis that uses the limits of movie trailers to define a relationship. The films were all well-made student projects and some of those I mentioned were beyond my expectations. The selected entries were varied and interesting, and the event remains a great source of publicity for film students on the East Coast.
Wellesley College's Danielle M. Krudy submitted the other, which was shot mostly in Brussels on public transportation and on the street. Its story is told in English, French and German with a very documentary, person-on-the-street feel. Moodily lit by street lights, it emphasizes shots of Ms. Krudy's very nice cheekbones with a lot of chatter about, as its SunDeis description says, "a film student, disillusioned and confused, seeking guidance and empowerment from two very different sources," a female German filmmaker and a single mother in Brussels.
Several other movies caught my attention-a rather weird one featuring a bicycle pump as as timer and a hard-boiled-egg eating contest; another using shoes to discern protagonists; The Wedding, which featured a cameo by the lovely Assistant Dean of Student Life Alwina Bennett; and a cute film from Brandeis that uses the limits of movie trailers to define a relationship. The films were all well-made student projects and some of those I mentioned were beyond my expectations. The selected entries were varied and interesting, and the event remains a great source of publicity for film students on the East Coast.
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