Round 7: Tossup 1

Dialogue from a film by this director recurs throughout Pet Shop Boys’ song “DJ Culture.” A film by this director inspired the structure of Elliott Carter’s String Quartet No. 1. Three 1990s chamber operas by Philip Glass have libretti taken from scripts by this director. An actor who was this director’s lover indirectly inspired the Beatles’ mop-top haircuts via Astrid Kirchherr (“KEER-chair”) and is depicted on the cover of The Smiths’ song “This Charming Man.” Apocryphally, this director died in 1963 upon hearing of (*) Édith Piaf’s death the day before. The opening song of David Bowie’s album Heroes is inspired by this director’s film Beauty and the Beast. (-5[1])This director (10[1])is the namesake of a band who used muddied lyrics on songs like “Cherry-coloured Funk” on the album Heaven or Las Vegas. For 10 points, what director inspired a Scottish dream-pop band named for “Twins”? ■END■ (0[1])

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