Round 9: Tossup 2

Early in this film, the offscreen firing of a gun is implied by a cut to a woman loudly sharpening her pencil. At the end of this film, the heroine says “they can’t keep us apart” after a policeman played by Lino Ventura takes her to a darkroom where a photograph fades away. This film’s B-plot (15[1])concerns two young lovers who have an awkward dinner with a German couple at a motel after racing them with a stolen car. The song “Générique” was recorded (15[1])for (15[1])this film, which was the first feature by a 25-year-old (15[1])who had won the Palme d’Or for co-directing The Silent World with Jacques (*) Cousteau. The camera was mounted in a baby carriage (10[1])for a montage in this film in which (10[1])Kenny Clarke’s drums play while its star wanders the Champs-Élysées. An electrical shutoff thwarts (10[1])a murder getaway in this (10[1])film, whose modal jazz score was improvised during a single (10[1])screening in Paris. For 10 points, Miles Davis scored what 1958 Louis Malle (10[1])(“mal”) noir starring Jeanne Moreau ■END■

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