Packet 7: Tossup 15

A director from this country cast Lillian Gish as a woman who accidentally kills (15[1])the cattleman Wirt (-5[1])before a cyclone. (15[1])The axe scene from The Shining drew on a 1921 film (15[1])from this country (15[1])about a drunkard who is visited on New (15[1])Year’s Eve by his (-5[1])dead (15[2])friend. (15[2])A film from this country ends as an old man remembers his parents (15[1])fishing, then smiles (15[2])at the (-5[1])memory in bed. (15[1])A (15[1])director from this country made the silent films The Wind and The (*) Phantom Carriage (10[3])and starred (10[3])in a film (10[1]-5[1])whose many dream sequences (10[1])include (-5[1])one in which he is pulled into a coffin that falls off (10[1])a hearse. An aging professor travels to (10[1])accept (10[1])an honorary degree (10[1])in that film (10[1])from this country, (10[1])which includes the director’s (10[1])mainstays Bibi Andersson and Max von Sydow. (10[3])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this home country (10[1])of the director (10[1])of Wild Strawberries, (10[1])Ingmar (10[1])Bergman. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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