Round 4: Tossup 10

A character in this film lies about “not liking movies much” when asked if he wants to watch Roman Holiday or Tarzan. In a transition in this film, the camera focuses on a floating man’s T-shirt, which itself depicts a woman wearing a red shirt. A character in this film babbles that his opinion on “Technicolor parfaits” is “common knowledge” in Oceania, before defenestrating himself. In a shot from this film, a line of businessmen smile into the camera before they jump off a building in sequence. A Vietnam oil field inspired this film’s song “The Girl in (*) Byakkoya,” whose Vocaloid vocals are heard as its protagonist flies on a cloud. A detective in this film repeatedly sees a body falling in slow-motion in a hall lined with elevators. In this film, girls with cell phone heads and clarinetist frogs march in an extravagant parade brought to life by the “DC Mini.” For 10 points, Inception was accused of ripping off what animated (10[1])Satoshi Kon film about dreams? ■END■

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