Round 7: Tossup 10

Specific answer required. Figures drawn in watercolors and ink wash perform this action in a 1968 short film that launched the career of Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, before his demise due to drug addiction. The Criterion release of a 2008 film titled for this action includes recipes for meals the protagonists cook over the course of one day, which were based on those of the director’s late mother. A Japanese family honors the anniversary of their eldest son’s drowning in that Hirokazu (15[1])(*) Kore-eda (10[1])film titled for this action. (-5[1])In another film, a man’s cigarette falls out of his mouth while talking about this action after he says, “and that’s where ol’ Daniel comes in, you know what I mean?” A line from Clerks II describes the Hobbit trilogy as just people doing this action for three movies. For 10 points, a supposedly-real taxi driver led Dustin Hoffman to improvise a line about what (10[1])action in Midnight Cowboy? ■END■

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