Question

After a boy snaps a rabbit’s neck in a film by this director, the camera cuts to a close-up showing drops of its blood on wheat stalks. In a film by this director, an animation of a man bursting into flames accompanies a girl discussing how her late father was struck by lightning in the Pyrenees. In a film by this director, a woman falls into alcoholism after a man taunts her by whistling the “Radetzky March.” A man masturbates with a scarf owned by (*) Bronco Henry (10[1])near a watering hole on his ranch in a film by this director. At the end of a film by this director, (-5[1])a character receives a prosthetic finger after surviving a fall into the sea while tied to the title object. In that film by this director, the mute musician Ada leaves (10[1])her marriage to a New Zealand settler. (-5[1])For 10 points, what director of The Power of the Dog became the first woman to win the Palme d’Or for her film The Piano? ■END■ (0[5])

ANSWER: Jane Campion [or Elizabeth Jane Campion]
<Fine Arts - Visual Fine Arts>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingBHSU Rebirth8610
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?108-5
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioWashU13810
Patrick QuionNortheast by NorthwesternNotre Dame145-5
Yashwanth BajjiClown SquadClown Senpais1710
Stephen HeritageNotre DameNortheast by Northwestern1710
Coby TranThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Dayshawk two of1710
Max BrodskyWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?The Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)1710
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisClown Squad1710

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