Four Eyed Monsters

Novice filmmakers Arin Crumley and Susan Buice's charming homemade movie is a surprisingly successful experiment in collaborative creativity that sprang from a larger artistic project: their own real-life relationship. After meeting online, Crumley and Buice attempted to avoid the pitfalls inherent in actually talking to each other — all those arguments, boring conversations and misunderstandings — by putting a strict moratorium on the spoken word. Upon meeting, they communicated through such alternative modes as notes, drawings, text messages and, eventually, video. But disavowing speech brought its own set of problems, and while their relationship eventually wound ...