ARTS .TJe Michigan Daily Monday, April 20, 1987 Page 7 Director Seidelman talks I on parents, pop-culture By Seth Flicker Susan Seidelman is a rare breed of filmmaker in more ways than one. Firstly, her past two films, Desperately Seeking Susan and Making Mr. Right, have been com - mercial successes. This is unusual enough but Seidelman has done something even more unique: she has kept her identity. Unlike most filmmakers she has avoided the Hollywood pitfall of making, what she calls, the "generic" film. She is a woman director making films with a female point of view. While still at NYU film school, she made her first feature, Smithe - reens, the story about a woman try - ing to get into the nightlife of New York, got screened at Cannes. Her second movie, Desperately Seeking Susan, starring Madonna and Ro - sanna Arquette, dealt with amnesia, a stolen pair of earrings and femi - nist liberation. In Making Mr. Right , her latest starring John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson, Seidelman experiments with sci - ence-fiction. She's unsure of her next venture within her three film contract with Orion. It could be a black comedy or a female ganster movie ("It'll be fun to try to do something with a little action in it"). Whatever it is though, Sei - delman refuses to fall prey to the ways of Hollywood. D: With your dad as a hardware salesperson and your mom a tea - cher, where did your interest in film come from? S: I had no interest in film really until about 19 or 20. In fact, I rarely went to them that much as a kid. But I was always interested in visual arts. I was one of those kids who took the art tract through high school and went to art classes start - ing from age four or five. Then I went to college actually as a design major at a place called Drexsal Uni - versity. You had to pick a major, so I said, "O.K. I'll be a fashion de - signer." It was my second year that I realized that I was getting kind of locked behind a sewing machine. This was about 1970, 1971 and there was so many interesting things going on in the world and here I was sitting behind a sewing machine. Really as a way just to get credits to graduate from college, I started taking classes in the humanities department and one of those classes was film appreciation 101. And I had a great teacher. It's funny how sometimes in your life one person can kind of turn the course of your life around. He was so funny and inspiring about mo - vies that I became interested. D: Where did you go from there? S: Then I took film appreciation 202 and 303. By the time I got to be a senior I knew that I liked watching movies but didn't think seriously about being able to make one. I didn't even make a short film in college...I knew that what I thought I wanted to be, a fashion designer, I was no longer interested in. I applied to film school and I got in. As soon as I started film school I knew that this is where I wanted to be. I made my first short film and I knew that this is what I See SEIDELMAN, Page 9 Doily Photo by GRACE TSAI CLASSIFIED ADS 764-0557 Goodbye, winter The difference was one of eight bands that played under the sun at the first annual Spring Thaw that drew over 3000 students and $1250 for the Ronald McDonald House. 'Love Life': A celebration of laughter, family-life,. survival Continued from Previous Page HELP WANTED RESORT HOTELS CRUISELINES, AIR- LINES, AMUSEMENT PARKS, now ac- c. ing applications. For more info. & an ap- rthc. write: National Collegiate Recreation 'Service, PO Box 8074, Hilton Head, SC 2,4938. SUMMER CAMP STAFF. Work well with children? Village supervisors, waterfront staff, (WSI & boating) outdoor education camp crafts, drama, arts & crafts, sports. Cal or write for application Jewish Community tCenter, Camp Wise, B~05 Mayfield Road Cleveland Heights, OH 44118. (216) 382- 4000, Ext. 267. 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It is interspersed with vaude - ville acts that parallel the events that touch the lives of this family in Mayville, Connecticut. As Sam and Susan progress through the industrial revolution, emancipation, and the stock market crash, they change and grow apart. This mu - sical is the story of their love and the effect society has on that love. The excellent, and rather large cast, was headed by Sam (Doug LaBrecque), Susan (Sharon Rosin), and a series of vaudeville actors led by Matt Chellis and Ty Hreben. LaBrecque was just wonderful; a powerful stage presence with a great voice to boot. Although the orche - stra tended to overpower the singers at times, on the whole the text was easily understood. The vaudeville songs in particular were very hum - orous and the words are important. Chellis and Hreben, both strong singers, successfully imported these words to the audience. Chellis has a ridiculously won - derful voice, complete with a range that seems to extend to the near heavens. All of the vaudeville scenes were terrific. Among the best were "Progress"(which is, as they say, "bigger than sex"), "Eco - nomics" ("bad for love"), and "Ho, Billy-O", a hysterical madrigal seg - ment. The cast's enthusiasm throughout the show was conta - gious and the audience had as much fun as they did. I found myself wishing I was one of the two wo - men who carry in the vaudeville placards before each act, resplendent in shimmer tights and a sequined leotard. The technical aspects of this pro - duction were also excellent. The costumes were fantastic (I wanted all the 1930's dresses), the set was simple yet perfect for the pro - duction, and the lighting carried much of the dramatic impact. After Susan and Sam separate, Sam sits alone in a small hotel room as a purple light blinks bleakly in front of him. It makes his desolation complete. The orchestra, although small, was excellent and the cho - reography was especially well-done. The first act, concerning Sam and Susan at their happiest, was so upbeat and cheerful that when the woman seated behind me vomited in my ample nest of hair and on my sweater and skirt, I took it very well. Isn't that special? I laughed, and so did everyone around me. Of course, the woman didn't bother to apologize, but no matter. Just the fact that out of all the people in the theatre she could have spewed on, it had to be me. Good news travels fast and I heard from a cast member that my un - fortunate incident had reached the cast's theatrical ears. Yes, it was me. If it had been any other time, I would have possibly belted her one or at least yelled at her. But this musical was so dang happy (I'm serious, here) that what did I do? Laughed! The final conflict in the show is between reality and illusion. Sam and Susan struggle to find true hap - piness and each other as they are shown illusion after illusion but, on the other hand, reality is not always the happiest road. 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