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 (-5[1])own facial features (-5[1])in a reproduction of a portrait of Carlotta Valdes. A nun’s sudden appearance in this film leads to a character’s death at a bell tower whose inside was earlier the subject of the first-ever dolly zoom. In this film, a plot to kill Madeleine Elster aims to take advantage of Scottie Ferguson’s fear of heights. For 10 points, (10[2])name this Alfred Hitchcock film (10[1])about a detective who experiences (-5[1])the title (10[1])dizzy (10[1])sensation. (0[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Vertigo (The Mulvey essay is “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.”)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%10%90.90
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%25%87.50
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%99.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1292%0%8%86.18
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%22%80.89
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%58.60
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%38%107.57
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%33%87.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Steven McPhillimey (UG)Lehigh A (UG)Rutgers B38-5
Nishna Makala (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia B41-5
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)NYU B9910
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Rutgers A (UG)9910
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)10410
Caedmon Holland (DII)Lehigh B (DII)NYU A (UG)109-5
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Penn B (DII)11110
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Fordham A11210
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)1130
Alexandra Duan (DII)Columbia BMaryland A (DII)11410
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh A (UG)11410