Question

A grasshopper who carries one of these objects gets revenge on an adulterous beetle in a 1912 short that uses stop-motion with dead insect specimens. (15[1])An angry man swallows one of these objects whole in James Williamson’s 1901 short The Big Swallow. (15[1])In another film, (-5[1])a partly transparent one of these objects is shown in Dutch angle shots that are intercut with real footage from both a birth and a funeral. In that film’s opening scene, a man (15[1])places one of these objects atop a much larger one on which he is standing, before (15[1])entering a (*) theater whose seats open automatically for its patrons. (10[1])One of these objects assembles itself late (10[1])in that film, which ends with an eye being superimposed onto one of these objects. An outlaw (-5[1])fires his gun (10[1])at one of these objects (10[1])at the end of The Great Train Robbery. For 10 points, a 1929 experimental film by Dziga Vertov is titled (10[1])for a man with what technology? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: movie camera [or camera lens; accept The Cameraman’s Revenge; accept Man with a Movie Camera or Chelovek’s kinoapparatom; prompt on lenses; prompt on frames by asking “what technology is creating the frame?”]
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Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y10100%40%20%103.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mazin OmerDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooHang et al., Robert Browning2415
William GoldenRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni GrillCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!4115
Will NedigerThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubBHSU44-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleEvans Hall destruction awaiters7715
Jim FanQuasicrystal Silence[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?9315
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub10310
Matt LaferTeam Name Think DetailSaint Peter Andre 300011010
Athena KernTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladnessremembrance of lost time127-5
Milan FernandezThe Canadianswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp13010
Kevin WangI would prefer not toIn Search of Things Past13510
Tejas RajeBHSUThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club15510
Connor Mayersremembrance of lost timeTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness16210