Packet 4: Tossup 2

This sort of event is the focus of the most acclaimed films by a director known for always wearing his glasses on top of his bald head; that director is Bud Greenspan. After the producers refused (15[1])the demands of their first choice, Akira Kurosawa, (15[1])Kon Ichikawa directed a (-5[1])1965 film about this sort of event for (15[1])which (15[2])Kazuo Miyagawa made (15[1])heavy use of telephoto lenses and oversaw (15[2])164 cameramen. The opening montage of a film about this sort of event depicts (15[1])the rubbled ruins of a (*) temple, before fading from a shot of a statue to a man emulating its pose. (10[1])Two “festival” parts make up that film about this sort of event, in which a montage mixes slow motion, reverse motion, and underwater photography to depict men twirling through the air. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Leni Riefenstahl’s footage (-5[1])of what (10[1])sort of event leaves out (10[1])Adolf (-5[1])Hitler’s reaction to Jesse Owens (10[1])winning gold? ■END■ (10[2])

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