Eastern European Cinema
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Old Moviemaking Technology
Japanese New Wave
100

This film is the first feature length project by Andrei Tarkovsky (Hint: Not Ivan's Childhood)

What is The Steamroller and the Violin

100

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

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This Tarkovsky movie was remade by Soderbergh in 2002

What is Solaris?

100

These two PACCS are the only two to not have their top 4 favorite movies match with the other 8

Who are Ryuko Kanami and Poopius S Destroyus?

100

This device was used to create Sallie Gardener at a Gallop, by taking pictures in rapid succesion

What is the Zoopraxiscope?

100

This movie, directed by the director of "Pastoral: To Die in the Country" and "Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets", was seen as something of Japan's rebuttal to Rocky, similar to Sweden's "Rocky VI"

What is Bokusa?

200

This classic love story, most iconic as a Disney movie, was at one point directed by the director of The Cremmator (1969)

What is Beauty and the Beast?

200

This film a student project made by Spielberg in his adolescence- is grossed $500. 

What is Firelight?

200

This film, favorited by Plant, Santiago, and Edgar, begins with a ten minute segment about the dawn of man from a mysterious black monolith

What is 2001: A Space Oddysey

200

Editing technology did not truly allow the editor to see where in the footage they were cutting until the invention of this device in 1924

What is the Moviola?

200

This actor played two major roles during the Japanese New Wave- as Hoichi in Kwaidan, and as Gengobe in Demons

Who is Katsuo Nakamura?

300
One of Hayao Miyazaki's and Martin Scorsese's favorite movies, this Polish film is a twisted revolutionary love drama that takes place on the final day of World War 2

What is Ashes and Diamonds?

300

In 2014, Soderbergh released an official alternate cut of this Michael Cimino movie

What is Heaven's Gate?

300

This film, favorited by Ted, Clafel, and James, features an extended sequence where townspeople are gathered into a building and slowly executed

What is Come and See?

300

This film, released in 1911 in Italy, is the oldest surviving Feature film, a stunning feat in visual effects even by today's standards

What is L'inferno?

300

This movie was Tatsuya Nakadai's acting debut- however, due to American Censorship laws, it was not released until 1956

What is The Thick Walled Room?
400

This documentary about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine won the Academy Award for best Feature Documentary in 2024 

What is 20 Days in Mariupol?

400

Spielberg was a "guest director" on this Star Wars movie- he came in and directed for one day as something of a joke

What is Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith?

400

This film, favorited by James, Edgar, and Plant, boasts a Seven-Hour Runtime and a ten minute long shot of a persuasive young man coaxing his fellow townspeople into entering a commune with him

What is Satantango?

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

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Yojimbo was the first movie to feature the sound of cutting flesh, implemeted by this sound designer, who also created Godzilla's Iconic Roar

Who is Ichiro Minawa?

400

This movie, a noted favorite of Willem Dafoe, is a horror tale about women who exploit soldiers during the Warring Period

What is Onibaba?

500

This Christopher Nolan movie is a direct remake of a Norwegian Movie of the same title and premise

What is Insomnia?

500

This is the year that Soderbergh directed two movies for Netflix- as of September 2025, he has yet to direct another for them

When is 2019?

500

This film, directed by Hollis Frampton in 1969, features a type of citrus that has become the PACC symbol of general approval

What is Lemon?

500

These Fr*nch Brothers helped pioneer cinema at the turn of the century, who had the first public screening of film in 1895. 

Who are the Lumiere brothers? (Auguste and Louis)

500

This movie, directed by the director of Kill! and The Sword of Doom, details the day when Emperor Hirohito collapsed under international pressure and surrendered to America

What is Japan's Longest Day?