Round 4: Tossup 1

Werner Herzog once stated that he would soundtrack footage of this activity with Russian church choirs. Companies known for producing films about this activity include Blind, Girl, and Toy Machine. Joachim Trier began filmmaking by documenting this activity, which Fred Astaire once performed at Michael Jackson’s house. (15[1])Bing Liu spent 12 years recording his friends in Rockford, Illinois bonding over this activity for the 2018 documentary (*) Minding the Gap. The protagonist of a 2007 Gus Van Sant film is involved in the murder of a security guard while performing this activity. Larry Clark discovered Harmony Korine (“koh-REEN”) while Korine was (10[1])performing this activity, which is performed by Mark “The Gonz” Gonzales in Spike Jonze’s (“Jones’s”) Video Days. For 10 points, name this activity that inspired Jonah Hill’s film mid90s, whose tagline is “Fall. Get back up.” ■END■

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