Round 11: Tossup 8

In a film by this director, J. S. Bach’s version of the Lutheran hymn “Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier” plays over a montage depicting a family’s vacation in Egypt. In a long shot by this director, green and pink lights flash on a man rolling all over a dance floor while drunkenly singing “Chandelier” by Sia. A shot by this director appears to depict (15[1])a woman playing Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat, until a cut to her husband turning off the speaker that’s (15[1])actually playing it. A film by this director opens with a family guessing the composers of Cavalleria rusticana and (*) Atalanta in their car, after which the music is suddenly interrupted by the blaring sounds of John Zorn’s band Naked City. Silent credits on a black screen are intercut with close-ups on hands playing classical pieces in the opening of this director’s 2001 adaptation of an Elfriede Jelinek (“YELL-in-eck”) novel. For 10 points, Schubert and Schumann are the favorite composers of Isabelle Huppert’s (“oo-PAIR’s”) character in what director’s film The Piano Teacher? ■END■

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