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One of the many reasons I love Grinnell is the annual student film festival, Titular Head.  Many amazing works of cinematography have appeared at TitHead over the years including, “Racquetball Tunak Tunak Tun” , an epic tale of two college students playing a game of racquetball so intense that it knows no bounds.  Another noteworthy film is “Weapon of Choice” by my friend, Patrick Murray.  A spoof of a spoof is always pretty good but, “Tulat“ Dhiern Patik’s spof of Borat is especially well done (I’m biased though because I know just about everybody in the film).  Another wonderful film, “The Flesh and the Foam” was brilliant but unfortunately was unable to be screened or released because of nudity.

However, in the year since I graduated, the Titualr Head Film to end all Films, has been created.  ”Star Wars Grinnell” created by Henry Reich (one of the colleges’ top long distance runners and easily on of the most talented students on campus) starring his little brother Alex as a Jedi Knight.  In a physics classroom where I spent many, many hours, Alex uses his Jedi mind control to make the professor (played by the charming Randy Brush) change his exam grade from an “F” to an “A”.  The action continues and the special effects are spectacular.  Though the story-line is a bit… disjointed, the film is well deserving of it’s first place prize. 

The next time somebody asks me why I went to Grinnell, I will tell them to simply search “Titular Head Grinnell” on youtube.  

Grinnell is amazing.  I wish I were there.

Other noteworthy films include:

Bend it Like Bala- starring my friend Rup as Bala the soccer guru

‘The Passion of the Omana’- which isn’t online anymore

‘A Young Bolshevik in Grinnell‘