Packet 6: Tossup 10

This director filmed a single 13-minute shot of a head of cheese in front of power lines for a film that debuted at the Festival of Disruption. In a twenty-minute long film, this author of the book Catching the Big Fish recalls helping a European (15[2])girl (15[1])drink her (15[1])first Coke and buying colored sugar water (15[1])in the (15[1])middle of nowhere in Yugoslavia. This director, who is the better known (15[1])of the two co-creators of a character who often praises the merits of a “damn fine cup of (*) coffee,” was once filmed (10[2])cooking broccoli (10[1])and quinoa. (10[1])Every day at 2:30 pm for seven years, this director ordered (10[1])a chocolate (10[1])milkshake (10[1])at Bob’s Big Boy (10[1])diner. (10[1])A fast food customer inspired this director to create a character who exclaims “Heineken? Fuck that (10[1])shit! Pabst! Blue! Ribbon!” For 10 points, a creepy monster emerges from behind a diner in what director’s film Mulholland Drive? ■END■

ANSWER: David Lynch [or David Keith Lynch] (The characters mentioned are Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks and Frank Booth from Blue Velvet.)
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-082100%0%50%0%90.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%40%0%80.80
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-082100%0%0%0%109.50
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%67%0%67.33
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-165100%0%40%0%78.60