Packet 4: Tossup 1

Werner Herzog once stated that he would soundtrack footage of this activity with Russian church choirs. Companies (15[1])known for producing (15[1])films about this activity include Blind, (15[1])Girl, and Toy Machine. (15[3])Joachim Trier began filmmaking by documenting this (15[1])activity, (-5[1])which (15[1])Fred Astaire once performed at Michael Jackson’s house. (15[1])Bing Liu spent 12 years recording (15[1])his friends (15[1])in (15[1])Rockford, Illinois (15[1])bonding over this activity (15[1])for the 2018 documentary (*) Minding the Gap. The protagonist of a 2007 (10[1])Gus Van Sant film is involved in the murder of a security guard while performing this activity. Larry Clark discovered Harmony Korine (“koh-REEN”) while Korine was (10[1])performing this activity, which is performed by Mark “The Gonz” Gonzales in Spike Jonze’s (“Jones’s”) Video Days. (10[1])For 10 points, name this activity that inspired Jonah Hill’s film mid90s, whose tagline is “Fall. Get back up.” ■END■

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