Packet 8: Tossup 7

After a bad experience acting in an erotic film by this director, Carolee Schneemann filmed her own sex with James Tenney in the film Fuses. (15[1])Because this director is the namesake of the opener on the album Dots and Loops, some people (15[3])listen (15[2])to it (15[1]-5[1])while (15[1])watching the (15[1])26-minute “Prelude” of (15[1])a film by this director. This director of Cat’s Cradle cameos in Cannibal! The Musical, because his students at UC Boulder included Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of (*) South Park. (-5[1])This director’s “Pittsburgh trilogy” includes a documentary about a morgue whose title is the definition of “autopsy.” (10[1])The opening credits of (10[1])Se7en (“seven”) use techniques pioneered by this director of The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes and a 1963 film that directly applies dead insect organs on film. (10[1])For 10 points, name this experimental director of Dog Star (10[1])Man and Mothlight. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Stan Brakhage (“BRACK-idge”) [or James Stanley Brakhage; accept Robert Sanders] (Dots and Loops is by Stereolab.)
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Absolute Cinema - Canada2025-11-082100%0%100%0%45.50
2025 Absolute Cinema - Chicago Open2025-11-085100%0%60%20%80.40
2025 Absolute Cinema - Minnesota2025-11-08250%0%0%0%103.00
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (1)2025-11-083100%0%100%0%44.67
2025 Absolute Cinema - Online (2)2025-11-16580%0%40%20%77.00