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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 (-5[1])and circle back as hitmen (15[1])kill reporter David Locke. Another film by this director of The Passenger ends (15[1])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 disappearance during a boating trip. (10[1])A mimed tennis match ends another of this director’s films shortly after a character watches Jeff Beck smash a guitar. That film by this director centers on a photographer who realizes he has photographed a murder. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this Italian director of L'Avventura and Blow-Up. (0[1]) ■END■

ANSWER: Michelangelo Antonioni
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Oliver HargraveSee itLimp Chriskit39-5
Ben Russel JonesFour Times I Have Despised My SoulSay it4415
Frances HadleyGressenheller ASorted5715
Cormac BeirneLSE3HK1MM9810
Abby AkarapongpisakdiThe Crying of Team 49Oxford School for Quizness134-5
Oscar SiddleLimp ChriskitSee it1460

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