METROPOLITAN DESK | July 31, 2002, Wednesday
By Karen W. Arenson
For
40 years, ROBERT H. LIEBERMAN, a senior lecturer in physics at Cornell
University, has written novels and directed documentaries in his free time. His
first feature film, ''Green Lights,'' recently opened in Los Angeles and
received a rave review from Variety, which said it achieved ''spectacularly
funny results.'' A tale about a hapless movie location scout who goes to
Ithaca, N.Y., and is mistaken for a big-time Hollywood producer, the film uses
Cornell faculty members, employees and students as well as professional actors;
SIDNEY LEIBOVICH, an engineering professor, plays a moving man. Although Mr.
Lieberman has had several offers for national distribution, he said he planned
to continue teaching Maxwell's equations and Newton's laws to Cornell
undergraduates.