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1. "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover" (1989) is a true cinema experience which, in its time, pushed the envelope. Viewers were sometimes surprised by the mixture of violence, sex, nudity, rotten meat, cannibalism, and dark, satiric humor. What well known British actress played 'the Wife'?
2. "Blade Runner" (1982) received mixed reviews when released but has since become a sci-fi cult classic. E. Emmet Walsh calls retired 'blade runner', Harrison Ford back from retirement. The film is based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by renowned sci/fi writer Philip K. Dick. What is the danger that Ford's character must face?
3. Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as a video game designer, presenting a demonstration of her latest creation, "eXistenZ" (1999). The virtual reality game plunges the player into a ghastly world, where fancy vies with reality. What must one do in order to play the game?
4. Joke: "I saw "Snakes on a Plane" last night."
Reply: "Really? What was it about?"
Snakes escape or are released in the cargo hold on a plane in flight. Why are they placed there?
5. "Robocop" (1987) spawned a series of sequels, comic books, video games, and television series, but none have had the success of the original. The original Robocop, played by Peter Weller, retains the flashes of memory, the humanity, and the instincts of the now cyborg cop. Robocop travels through a deplorable landscape of a fictionalized city of the future. What is this city?
6. In the film "Body Double" (1989) a fired actor with claustrophobia takes a job as a housesitter of a lush bachelor pad. With a telescope he is able to peer at the surrounding housing. One of these is a beautiful woman, who seems to be displaying herself just for him. This was a 'break-through' role for this actress. Who is she?
7. This director gave us the first talkie "Dracula" (1931) and "Freaks" (1932). In 1927 he directed Lon Chaney, Senior as a knife thrower in a circus but one who throws the knives with his feet, in a silent classic called "The Unknown". This director made ten silent films with Chaney. Who is this director?
8. The Raspberries were conceived by John Wilson in 1981, to honor (?!) the worst that the motion picture industry had produced that year. What film, concerning the fate of a drifter in Las Vegas, not only won seven Raspberries awards, but won an eighth award later, as the worst film of its decade?
9. "House of Games" (1987) was David Mamet's first film. It is an intricately plotted movie, punctuated by Mamet's gift for language and dialogue. Lindsay Crouse plays a psychiatrist. How or why does her character get involved in the seedy underworld?
10. "Myra Breckenridge"(1970) is also a film that is so bad, it is good. It is also a mess. It was way over budget for the time, as Director Michael Same often sat in contemplation about what to do next, or worked hours re-filming a four second segment. The author of the original novel said that the film hurt his book sales for a decade, although he never saw the film. Who wrote the novel?
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