Round 1: Tossup 20

A shot by this director tracks a group of policemen frantically trying to break a series of speakers blasting the song “Hasta Siempre.” The end credits of a film by this director are prefaced by a list (15[1])including Mark Twain, the Beatles, mini-skirts, and men with long hair. (15[2])This director fictionalized the lives (15[1])of Artur London and Dan Mitrione in the films (15[1])The Confession and State of Siege. A monologue (15[2])analogizing (15[1])“isms” to mold infections is delivered in an opening scene by this director preceded by a ballsy disclaimer asserting that its resemblance to real events is (*) “DELIBERATE.” (10[1])A newsreader announces the fates of the protagonists in the pessimistic ending to that film by this director, which inspired the documentary-style camerawork of The French Connection. This director of Missing used a slogan meaning “he lives” to title a 1969 (10[1])film that lambasted his home country’s military junta. For 10 points, the political thriller Z is the magnum opus of what director from Greece? ■END■

Back to tossups

Buzzes

Summary