Round 6: Tossup 8

An LG ad based on El Topo and a theatre showing this film influence Lady Gaga’s hallucinations in Tarsem Singh’s video for her song “911.” This 20th-century film inspired an unofficial soundtrack album by Nicolas Jaar. Near this film’s end, a man shoots an arrow that knocks Mary’s face out of a church’s ceiling fresco. This film’s protagonist says, “You are fire. Your dress is fire” as his lover gazes at him through a sheet of red lace. A boy stares at a (*) shell covering a woman’s breast in this film, which features a shot (10[1])in which a country’s outline is formed by a juice stain. This film’s male (-5[1])lead is among six roles played by its director’s (10[1])muse Sofiko Chiaureli (“chee-OW-reh-lee”). Due to censorship, this film’s director opened its eight chapters with narrated stanzas (10[1])from its protagonist’s poetry. (10[1])For 10 points, the bard Sayat-Nova is the subject of what magnum opus of Sergej Parajanov ■END■ (10[1])

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