Packet G: Tossup 12

A director from this country watches his mother’s TV show LedgeMan in a “docu-fantasia” that also includes a scene of horse heads sticking out of a frozen river. This country’s (10[1])fictional (10[1])law S-14 allows parents to hospitalize their children in a 2014 (10[1])film (-5[1])unusually shot in a 1:1 aspect (10[1])ratio, (10[1])titled Mommy. (10[5])In a film (10[1])by a director (10[1])from this country, (10[1])Max Renn exclaims (10[1])“Long live the new flesh” (10[1])after being (-5[1])brainwashed (10[2])by (10[1])a videotape. (10[3])Directors (-5[1])from this country include (10[3])Guy Maddin, (10[1])Xavier (-5[1])Dolan, (10[1])and a body (10[1])horror (10[1])pioneer (10[3])who made (10[3])Dead Ringers (10[4])and Videodrome. (10[5])A (10[1])director (10[1])from this country (10[1]-5[1])depicted (10[1])a school (10[1])shooting in the film Polytechnique (10[1])and adapted (10[2]-5[1])Ted Chiang’s (10[3])“Story of Your Life” (10[1])into the film Arrival. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name this (-5[1])home country (-5[1])of David Cronenberg (-5[1])and Denis Villeneuve (10[1])■END■ (10[8]0[14])

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