Packet 4: Tossup 6

During a visit to Film Forum in Greenwich Village, this thinker asked a Time reporter to print a story documenting his love for the concession stand’s (15[1])banana bread. (15[1])A 2002 documentary about this thinker was so popular (15[1])among New Yorkers that his wife told its directors, Amy Zierig and Kirby Dick, (15[1])that they had “turned him into Clint Eastwood.” (15[1])This thinker jokingly called Kirsten Johnson “totally blind” after Johnson narrowly avoided being hit by a car while filming him, as depicted in a clip from Johnson’s documentary Cameraperson. Bernard Stiegler interviews this thinker about the nature of film and digital media in their joint book (*) Echographies of Television. Some sources claim that this Jewish thinker’s unusually “American” actual first name was inspired by the actor who played the title role of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, Jackie Coogan. For 10 points, name this French cinephile thinker who influenced film theory with his deconstructivist approach. ■END■ (10[9]0[3])

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