Round 5: 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 fictional law S-14 allows parents to hospitalize their children in a 2014 film unusually shot in a 1:1 aspect ratio, titled Mommy. In a film by a director from this country, Max Renn exclaims “Long live the new flesh” (10[1])after being brainwashed by a videotape. (10[1])Directors from this country include Guy Maddin, Xavier Dolan, and a body horror pioneer who made (10[1])Dead Ringers and Videodrome. A director from this country depicted a school shooting in the film Polytechnique and adapted Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” into the film Arrival. For 10 points, name this home country of David Cronenberg and Denis Villeneuve ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Canada (The film in the first sentence is My Winnipeg.)
<McMaster A, Other Fine Arts> | Packet G - McMaster A, Notre Dame C, Rutgers A, NYU A
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%80.00
California (South)Main Site4100%0%91.25
CanadaMain Site11100%0%73.91
FloridaMain Site3100%0%72.00
Great LakesMain Site5100%20%97.40
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site978%22%101.86
MidwestMain Site888%0%100.29
NortheastMain Site683%0%99.20
OverflowMain Site4100%25%94.25
South CentralMain Site2100%0%90.00
SoutheastMain Site863%13%87.60
UKMain Site1283%33%89.20
Upstate NYMain Site475%25%93.67