Round 8: Tossup 7

After a bad experience acting in an erotic film by this director, Carolee Schneemann filmed her own sex with James Tenney in the film Fuses. (15[1])Because this director is the namesake of the opener on the album Dots and Loops, some people listen to it (15[1])while watching the 26-minute “Prelude” of a film by this director. This director of Cat’s Cradle cameos in Cannibal! The Musical, because his students at UC Boulder included Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of (*) South Park. (-5[1])This director’s “Pittsburgh trilogy” includes a documentary about a morgue whose title is the definition of “autopsy.” (10[1])The opening credits of Se7en (“seven”) use techniques pioneered by this director of The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes and a 1963 film that directly applies dead insect organs on film. For 10 points, name this experimental director of Dog Star (10[1])Man and Mothlight. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Stan Brakhage (“BRACK-idge”) [or James Stanley Brakhage; accept Robert Sanders] (Dots and Loops is by Stereolab.)
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