Packet 9: Tossup 6

On a trip abroad, an asexual director from this country posed for a picture on a large phallic spiny cactus. In a film by Peter Greenaway, that director from this country has an affair with a guide giving him a tour of the Guanajuato (15[1])Mummies. A director (15[1])from this country opened a film with a minute-long low-angle (15[1])shot of a cross overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. (15[1])After a funeral procession emerges from between two burning cars in that film, its director from this country had the camera dolly out a (*) window underneath a flag hoisted by factory workers. (-5[1])In a scene by a director (-5[1])from this country that inspired a Boogie Nights shot, the camera (-5[1])follows a bikini contest participant (10[1])underwater in a rooftop swimming pool. (10[1]-5[1])Charlie Chaplin helped a director from this country meet Upton and Mary Sinclair to make the unfinished epic film (10[1])¡Que viva México! For 10 points, (10[1])Soy Cuba is a film made by a crew from what home country of Sergei Eisenstein? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Soviet Union [or USSR; or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; accept Belarus; prompt on Russia] (The lead-in refers to a picture of Sergei Eisenstein.)
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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Superpower %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2024 UFS - Columbia2024-08-012100%0%50%0%103.50
2024 UFS - Illinois Side Event Weekend2024-08-011100%0%0%0%149.00
2024 UFS - Maryland Side Event Weekend2024-08-013100%0%0%33%151.67
2024 UFS - Online2024-08-014100%0%50%50%93.25
2024 UFS - Waterloo2024-08-012100%0%50%50%111.00