Round 8: Tossup 7

It wasn’t directed by an American, but this film’s DOP Harris Savides underexposed the frame by a whole four stops. In this film, a Goku-themed backpack is revealed to contain unopened love letters. Halfway through this film, the camera zooms in for a two-minute-long close-up on the protagonist (15[1])watching a performance of Wagner’s opera Die Walküre (“dee val-KEE-ruh”). Alexandre Desplat’s (“day-PLAH’s”) whimsical score commences in this film’s opening shot, in which a Steadicam (-5[1])tracks a man wearing a black tracksuit jogging through the snow in Central Park. (15[1]-5[1])Early in this film, a couple (15[1])played by Peter Stormare (15[1])and (*) Anne Heche (“haytch”) reluctantly attend the protagonist’s engagement. Contemporary reviews of this film criticized it for a scene in which the lead actress and a child actor seem to (10[1])sit naked in a bathtub and (10[1])likened it to Eyes Wide Shut, which starred the same lead actress. (-5[1])For 10 points, a boy claims to be a woman’s dead husband in what 2004 Jonathan Glazer film starring Nicole (10[1])Kidman? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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