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In a shot from this film, a candle lights the face of a shivering Greek lawyer as he prays, “are You here? Let me not betray You.” A man in this film thinks “you’re in a box. They want you dead, or in their lie.” An upside-down shot in this film depicts a man’s flashback to his wife on a swing. Vampire Weekend’s song “Hold You Now” samples songs from this film, whose nominal (-5[1])lead actor’s role was notoriously cut to just two lines. Due to its ubiquity as temp music, the nickname “forbidden cue” was given to this film’s theme, which was the first to use a ticking clock motif by Hans (*) Zimmer. (-5[1])In this (-5[1])film, a man dies after drawing a grenade by the pin. (10[2])This film, which often cuts away from the action to focus on fauna like fruit bats and parrots, (10[1])features Melanesian choir (10[1])music. This film’s multiple narrators, who ask existential questions like “who’s killin’ us?”, are infantry in the South Pacific. For 10 points, name this Terrence Malick film about the fight for Guadalcanal. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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