Round 9: Tossup 13

In a film by this director, a woman uses her shoe to drive a knife through the shoulder of a character whose forehead had earlier been drilled into. A scene by this director uses overhead shots (-5[1])to depict the POV of an accountant voyeuristically looking at a woman through holes in an attic, where he obsessively guards a stash of cash left behind by a dead roommate. That film was this director’s first to be produced by Emeric Pressburger’s grandson and written by John Hodge. In a scene by this director, a song by Underworld plays incessantly as the (*) bedridden protagonist screams at a baby. This director of Shallow Grave used (10[1])trompe-l’oeil techniques to frame a shot in which the Habanera from Carmen plays as the protagonist’s feet stick out of a toilet. That film by this director opens with the drums from an Iggy Pop song echoing the protagonist’s footfalls as he remarks, “choose life.” For 10 points, name this director who depicted Scottish heroin addicts in Trainspotting. ■END■ (10[1])

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