Packet 7: Tossup 15

In a film by this director, the camera cranes down on a man sitting in a drug dealer’s hotel room as he rues that in contrast to his job as an accountant, his life “doesn’t add up.” In that film by this director, the same man pulls his car over after leaving a funeral and cries “it’s not fair!” in a rage over his unloving father. A film by this director plays the sound of glass breaking over flashes on pairs of freeze-frames to flashback to the build-up to two brothers robbing a jewelry store. (15[1])In a film by this director, (15[3])a woman calls her lover (15[1])“so warped” (-5[1])when he tells her he’s going to (*) Algeria because they have a Howard Johnson’s there. In that film by this director, a soft-spoken (-5[1])man who believes Wyoming is a country is the partner-in-crime (10[1])of a man (10[1])who is (10[1])based (10[1]-5[1])on John Wojtowicz (10[1])(“VOY-toh-vich”) and has a trans lover. On that film’s set, this director (10[2])encouraged passers-by to form crowds around an actor improvising the lines “Attica! Attica!” For 10 points, (10[1])name this director of Dog Day Afternoon. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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