Round 9: Tossup 13

In a film by this director, a woman uses her shoe to drive a knife through the shoulder of a character whose forehead had earlier been drilled into. A scene by this director uses overhead shots to depict the POV of an accountant voyeuristically looking at a woman through holes in an attic, where he obsessively guards a stash of cash left behind by a dead roommate. That film was this director’s first to be produced by Emeric Pressburger’s grandson and written by John Hodge. In a scene by this director, a song by Underworld plays incessantly as the (*) bedridden protagonist screams at a baby. (10[1])This director of Shallow Grave used trompe-l’oeil (10[1])techniques to frame a shot in which the Habanera from Carmen plays as the protagonist’s feet stick out of a toilet. That film by this director opens with the drums from an Iggy Pop song echoing the protagonist’s footfalls as he remarks, (10[1])“choose life.” For 10 points, name this director who depicted Scottish heroin addicts in Trainspotting. ■END■

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