Round 11: Tossup 12

In a bizarre shot in this film, the camera backs away from a close-up on a man after he glances off-screen to conclude a statement about a dead woman’s loyalty to her partner. This film’s director laughingly said his wound was “not significant” after being shot by an air rifle in LA during an interview about it with Mark Kermode. This film’s protagonist appeals to “Jesus boy,” “Allah,” and a “Hindu floaty thing” in a desperate plea for rainfall. One of this film’s final shots depicts a helicopter pilot (-5[1])singing along to Don Edwards’s song (*) “Coyotes.” This film’s narrator says he believes the “common denominator of the universe … is murder” over a shot of the protagonist squatting beside a dead fox. In this 2005 film, a woman who received a wristwatch retrieved from a detached arm is told “you must never listen to this” by the director, (10[1])regarding a tape of her friend’s death in Alaska. For 10 points, name this Werner Herzog documentary about Timothy Treadwell, a bear enthusiast. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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