Packet 1: Tossup 22

A kraft paper cover adorned each volume of a film magazine titled for this word co-founded by Serge Daney (“dah-NAY”). In a film titled for this word, a jaded general illustrates the nature of bureaucracy with a joke about two letters written by Khrushchev for his successor. Updates about a moon mission are scattered throughout a 1971 film titled for this word, which ends with a shot of the protagonist disappearing into a crowd of Amsterdamers walking with black umbrellas. Politicians like Bill Weld, Harry Reid, and Barbara Boxer cameoed in a (*) 2000 (-5[1])film titled for this word that ends with a cop watching kids play baseball. This (10[1])English (10[1])word is intentionally misspelled in the title of Jacques Tati’s last film about Monsieur Hulot (10[1]-5[1])(“oo-LOH”). A (10[1]-5[1])hyperlink film titled for this word (10[1])color-graded the (10[1])story of an Ohio judge’s addict daughter in blue and popularized the trope of “Mexican yellow.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this word (10[1])that titles a Steven Soderbergh film about the drug trade. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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