Round 7: Tossup 19

In a video interview for Criterion, this author speculates that Nicholas Ray wrote Walter Matthau’s character in Bigger Than Life as a subtle depiction of a gay bachelor. This American author discussed John Carpenter’s Hitchcock allusions in a book that calls They Live “probably the stupidest film ever made on the subject of ideology.” This author’s “obsession” with The Searchers (-5[1])informed the plot of his novel Girl in Landscape. (15[1])This author was able to write full-time after Alan J. Pakula optioned the film rights for his debut novel, the sci-fi noir (-5[1])Gun, with Occasional (*) Music. (10[2])Dylan Ebdus pitches a music biopic idea (10[1])to Dreamworks in this author’s semi-autobiographical novel The Fortress of Solitude. (10[1])Robert Caro’s (10[1])The Power Broker (-5[1])inspired the setting and screenplay of a 2019 noir adaptation of a novel by this author about Lionel (10[1])Essrog, a P.I. with Tourette’s syndrome. For 10 points, Edward Norton starred in his own adaptation of what author’s novel Motherless Brooklyn? ■END■ (0[2])

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