Tossup
In homage to a film by this director that he watched 200 times, an American director titled his debut film for two of its characters “on a Park Bench.” This director included an anachronistic surprise helicopter landing in an adaptation of a fairy tale about a princess wearing a magic animal hide. Recurring characters in this director’s “cinematic universe” include the diamond thief Roland from his debut film, whose plot is an homage to Max Ophüls. This non-American director of Lola and Donkey’s Skin cast Gene Kelly in a film starring two real-life (*) sisters. The name of the protagonist of Mia’s play is one of way too many references to a film by this director in La La Land. Michel Legrand composed “I Will Wait for You” for that film by this director, in which the Algerian War divides Guy (“ghee”) and Geneviève (“zhawn-V’YEV”). For 10 points, name this husband of Agnès Varda who directed The Young Girls of Rochefort and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. ■END■
ANSWER: Jacques Demy (“duh-MEE”) (Damien Chazelle’s debut film is called Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, in homage to two characters in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.)
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