Question

This film’s second half demonstrates the protagonist’s “active sadistic voyeurism” in forcing a woman to change her appearance, as argued in an essay by the critic Laura Mulvey. In this film, Midge angers the protagonist after she inserts her own facial (-5[1])features in a reproduction of a portrait of Carlotta Valdes. A (10[1])nun’s sudden (10[1])appearance in this film leads to a character’s death at a bell (10[1]-5[1])tower whose inside was earlier the subject of the first-ever dolly zoom. In this film, a plot to kill Madeleine (10[1])Elster aims to take advantage of Scottie Ferguson’s fear of heights. (10[2])For 10 points, name this Alfred Hitchcock film (-5[1])about a detective who experiences the title dizzy (10[1])sensation. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Vertigo (The Mulvey essay is “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BIllinois D40-5
Sam KonkelChicago AWashU A5110
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BPurdue B5310
Danielle WebbSIUEPurdue C6510
Davis JohnsonPurdue CSIUE65-5
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame ANorthwestern A8510
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaWashU B9610
Nitin MurthyPurdue AIowa A9610
Vikas KothariNorthwestern BIllinois C104-5
Molly MendenhallNotre Dame CChicago B11210
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DNotre Dame B11410
Jack PirosIllinois CNorthwestern B11410