Things 2 Do @ the U
Foreign Film: "Silent Light"
Untrained actors from several Mennonite communities, speaking in the Mennonite dialect of Plattdeutsch, the film tells a profound yet simple tale of Johan, a farmer in Mexico’s Mennonite community who is in love with two women: his wife and a woman who runs a nearby ice cream stand. Despite the bare bones simplicity of the plot, the film manages to delve into the mysterious heart of desire, loss, joy, and transcendent love. The camera’s slow zoom works in tandem with a masterful sound mix. In one scene the sounds of cars and the countryside around a garage give way through imperceptible degrees to the sounds of the work inside of the garage. When we finally arrive inside the garage pit, the scene has the resonance of a trip to the pits of hell which rivals Dante or a Greek drama. The director is really pursuing one strategy throughout the film. He creates fields of energy: emotional energy, visual energy, and sound energy. One of the great strengths of the story is that it is not allowed to degenerate into an obvious social drama about a small-minded insular community condemning the lovers. Instead, it becomes a universal tale about the pain of feeling you have taken the wrong path in life. In the end, the story elevates, in a magical twist, from the level of the human to the purely mythical and sublime.
| Upcoming Occurences | ||
| Date | Start Time | Location |
| Saturday, November 21, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Student Center Cinema |
| Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 2:00 PM | Student Center Cinema |
| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 8:00 PM | The Den/Student Center |
| Wednesday, November 25, 2009 | 12:00 PM | Student Center Ballroom |
| Friday, November 27, 2009 | 7:00 PM | DeSimone Gymnasium, SAC |
| Saturday, November 28, 2009 | 5:00 PM | DeSimone Gymnasium, SAC |
| Monday, November 30, 2009 | 5:30 PM | DeSimone Gymnasium, SAC |
| Saturday, December 5, 2009 | 10:00 AM | Main Place of Wyllie Hall, Main Concourse |
| Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 2:00 PM | Student Center Oak Room |
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 | 1:00 PM | De Simone Gymnasium, SAC |
