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A character in this film wonders, “why do they always say ‘I love you?’ Why can’t one say ‘egg?’” This film’s color-changing shots include a sped-up sequence filmed from a train’s rear car and one of a chandelier falling in slow motion onto a table. Green apples and model butterflies are among the objects (15[1])depicted in quickfire montages in this film, which opens and closes with footage of exploding bombs. A man in this film professes his love over the phone to a woman while she uses scissors to cut up (*) phallic objects like a banana and a sausage. This film’s protagonists stage a “fashion show” by trampling on the leftovers of a banquet after gluttonously sampling each of its dishes. A bedroom covered in collages of magazine cutouts is home to this film’s two protagonists, “Marie I” and “Marie II.” (10[1])For 10 points, what surrealist Věra Chytilová (“hee-TEE-loh-vah”) film from the Czechoslovak New Wave is titled for flowers? ■END■

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