Round 2: Tossup 2

A gunshot in this film occurs right on cue to a guitar riff in Vanilla Fudge’s song “Bang Bang.” This film’s VFX team used huge sliding blue screens and matte paintings for one of its few handheld scenes by cinematographer Harris Savides (“SAV-ih-deez”), in which several CGI motorcycles rev their engines in the background. Craig Barron’s effects company Matte World Digital created an “impossible” aerial shot in this film in which city roads appear to rotate under a (*) taxi that remains stationary at the center of the frame. Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues” plays over this film’s CGI timelapse of the construction of the Transamerica Pyramid. (10[1])Among this film’s scenes to feature CGI blood include one set to Donovan’s “Hurdy Gurdy Man” and another (10[1])that recreates a real-life picnic at Lake Berryessa. For 10 points, a Robert Graysmith book inspired what film (10[1])by David Fincher? ■END■

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