Valerie Weiss is not just a film director with a fun new movie coming out, she's also a scientist. After getting her PhD from Harvard (from the same lab as me!) she created PhD Productions, and her newest film is a quirky romantic comedy look at the life of a neurotic graduate student. "Losing Control" "blurs the lines between science and love," as our grad student hero tries to decide whether her boyfriend in "the one" through a series of controlled experiments. Here's the trailer:
There's going to be a screening of the movie this Friday at Harvard, free with Harvard student ID. Maybe I'll see you there!
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