Tossup
Note to players: You should name the sort of building and the film in which it appears, like “the space station from 2001” or “the office from The Apartment.” In a shot in this building, the camera slowly zooms out from a woman screaming at a phone operator as she tries to make a call to Italy. To make actors’ breath visible for scenes in this building, a refrigeration system cooled it to minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, so cold that snow once fell inside it. Due to the success of the film in which it appears, locals stopped using the nickname “Hitchcock” for an architectural feature near this building, which is still located at 3600 Prospect Street NW. The extreme zoom from wide that introduces this building fades in from a shot of a (*) sunrise over which the sound of dogs growling is mixed with Penderecki’s (“pen-deh-RET-skee’s”) Polymorphia. René Magritte’s painting Empire of Light inspired a shot in which a streetlight cloaked in mist shines on a man holding a briefcase, who looks up at light emanating from this building’s window. For 10 points, name this Georgetown building where Regan MacNeil is possessed in a William Friedkin horror film. ■END■
ANSWER: the house from The Exorcist [accept synonyms like residence, apartment, or flat in place of “house”; accept specific rooms like the bedroom or attic from The Exorcist; accept the MacNeil house; accept the “Exorcist steps”] (The “Exorcist steps” were previously called the “Hitchcock steps.”)
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