Round 7: Tossup 10

In a film by this director, a confessional monologue in a hospital climaxes with the line “after all, it was your mother’s sister.” A Black policewoman searches for her tampons in a scene by this director (15[1])that ends with a close-up (15[1])on the protagonist’s eyes as he hears another cop repeat the Freaks line “one of us!” That film by this director ends with a purposely tacky (-5[1])shot of the protagonist carrying his pregnant Icelandic lover into their house, after he smugly (15[1])says “traffic was a bitch.” (15[1])A medfly (15[2])infestation and an earthquake unite the cast of a film by this director whose screenplay stitches together (15[1])“Vitamins,” (-5[1])“A (*) Small, Good Thing,” and other stories by (10[1])Raymond Carver. Shots of movie postcards end several scenes in a film by this director that opens with an eight-minute shot tracking various conversations about scripts, including one involving pompous studio exec Griffin Mill. For 10 points, (10[1])name this director whose 90s films about Los Angeles include Short Cuts and The Player. ■END■ (10[1])

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