Packet 1: Tossup 9

In a shot from a film by this director, the camera dollies between the boots of two men who are playfully spitting at each other. In the film that launched this director’s career, a tourist’s photograph is revealed in the final shot to have serendipitously captured the faces of (15[1])all four of the protagonists. (15[1])Shadow (15[1])of a Doubt heavily inspired (15[1])a film by this director that adapts a screenplay by Prison Break star Wentworth Miller (15[1])and was this director’s (*) English-language debut. Don McKellar and this director co-created a TV series in which five of (10[1])the antagonists, including a CIA agent (10[1])working in Vietnam, are played by Robert Downey Jr. (10[3]-5[1])International affairs (10[1])are (10[1])the subject of this director’s TV adaptations (-5[1])of The Little Drummer Girl and The Sympathizer and (10[1])his blockbuster Joint Security Area. (10[1])For 10 points, name this director best known in the West (10[1])for The Handmaiden and Oldboy. ■END■ (10[2])

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