Packet 5: Tossup 4

In a film by this director, a lateral tracking shot follows a woman as she carries a suitcase down a derelict street and plays “I Put A Spell on You” from a tape deck. (-5[1])This director, who ostensibly battles a shark in the first episode of Fishing With John, (10[1])made a film in which a young Japanese couple is one of three groups of hotel guests to listen to “Blue Moon” on the radio. A 2016 documentary by this director traces the career of Iggy Pop, who in this director’s short Somewhere in California walks out of a meetup with Tom Waits. In a film by this director, a gambler played by John Lurie hosts his cousin as she arrives from Hungary. RZA (-5[1])(“RIZ-uh”) soundtracked a film by this director in which a pigeon-raising hitman (10[1])reads the Hagakure. For 10 points, (-5[2])what director made indie films like Stranger Than Paradise and (10[1])Ghost Dog: (-5[1])The (10[1])Way of the Samurai? (10[2])■END■ (10[2]0[16])

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