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A script by this director was rewritten in six weeks due to similarities to the film Fatal Exit. Near the end of a film by this director, the camera appears to move between the bars of a Spanish hotel's window and circle back as hitmen kill reporter David Locke. Another film by this director of The Passenger ends with a split shot between a building and a distant view of Mount Etna as a woman consoles her crying lover. Claudia and Sandro embrace in that film by this director after failing to solve (*) Anna’s (10[1])disappearance during a boating trip. (10[1])A mimed tennis (10[1])match ends another of this director’s films shortly after a character (10[1])watches Jeff Beck smash a guitar. That film by this director centers on a photographer who realizes he has photographed a murder. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Italian director of L'Avventura and Blow-Up. (10[2]0[2]) ■END■

ANSWER: Michelangelo Antonioni
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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y2100%50%0%75.50
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