Round 8: Tossup 18

A Jew’s harp riff kicks off a song from this film performed by a man who stacks his hands atop each other to visualize a cycle of “seeds” and “graves.” In this film, close-ups on snails (15[1])are intercut with a group of people looking up at a ceiling while singing about a “jingalo” in foreplay with his lover. Trumptonshire-esque stop-motion figures act out a story similar to that of this film in the music video for the lead single from the album A Moon Shaped Pool. (15[1])In a sequence (15[1])in this film, seductive lyrics (15[1])like (15[1])“how a maid can milk a bull / And every stroke a bucketful” are sung by a (*) naked woman who rubs her body (10[1])on the protagonist’s bedroom walls. The band Magnet (10[1])was formed to record Paul Giovanni’s songs for this film, like “Corn Riggs” (10[1])and “Gently Johnny.” In this film’s climax, the protagonist sings Psalm 23 to try to drown out a group rendition of the round (10[1])“Sumer is icumen in.” For 10 points, “Willow’s Song” is from what folk horror film about a pagan ritual sacrifice? ■END■ (10[1])

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