Discuss “If you film it, they will come”

The movie Smart People, about a widowed Carnegie Mellon English professor, has been filming on campus for the past week, injecting a little glamour into the lives of students, faculty, and staff who frequent the second floor of Baker Hall. A few scenes are also taking place in Donner and Skibo Gym, and students have taken rubbernecking to new heights, trying to sneak a peek at the bearded Dennis Quaid or the sensual Christine Lahti.

What’s more, hearts pounded in anticipation at every high-heeled echo down the second-floor corridor, hoping to spot a pair of Manolo Blahniks clip-clopping down the gentle slope with Sarah Jessica Parker at the helm. Students clumped together in crowds around the director’s chairs stenciled with impressive...