Packet 2: Tossup 4

A character in this film wonders, “why do they always say ‘I love you?’ Why can’t one say ‘egg?’” (15[1])This film’s color-changing shots include a sped-up sequence filmed from a train’s rear car and one of a chandelier falling in slow motion onto a table. Green apples and model butterflies are among (15[1])the objects (15[1])depicted (15[1])in quickfire montages in this film, which opens and closes with footage of exploding bombs. A man in this film professes his love over the phone to a woman while she uses scissors (15[1])to cut (15[1])up (*) phallic objects like a banana (-5[1])and a sausage. This film’s protagonists stage a “fashion show” by trampling on the leftovers of a banquet after gluttonously sampling (10[1])each of its dishes. (10[1])A bedroom covered in collages of magazine cutouts is home to this film’s two protagonists, “Marie I” and “Marie (10[1])II.” (10[2])For 10 points, what (10[1])surrealist Věra Chytilová (“hee-TEE-loh-vah”) film from the Czechoslovak New Wave is titled for flowers? ■END■ (0[2])

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