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A film by this director is interrupted by a toy owl wearing an “I hate Elvis” shirt, who presents an ad for Siberian reindeer. Radio chatter plays over shots of sculptures made from junk in a 1981 short film by this director, who claimed he was born in Ulaanbaatar. This director’s (15[1])habit of supplying a picture of a cat named (15[1])William-in-Egypt whenever asked for his picture inspired his depiction as a cartoon cat in the film The Beaches of Agnès (15[1])(“on-YES”). This director’s fascination with Japan motivated (15[1])his (15[1])film about the (15[1])making of Ran and a shot of hundreds of maneki-neko cat figurines. (15[1])In a film by this director, (15[1])shots of a couple smiling at (*) taxidermied animals in a museum follow a shocking shot of a woman in bed opening her eyes. (10[2])Whispers in German accompany shots of a blindfolded man who sees visions of an airport in a “photo-novel” by this director that inspired Terry Gilliam’s 12 (10[1])Monkeys. (10[1])For 10 points, name this director of Sans Soleil (“sawn soh-LAY”) and La Jetée ■END■

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