All solved!
(“The” doesn’t count.)
1. The female star of this movie is now banned in China because of her willingness to appear nude. The male star, who also appeared nude in this movie, is not banned.
Solved by TehipiteTom (comment #2).
2. A young prodigy wears a black cape everywhere he goes.
Solved by George (comment #12).
3. This film’s most famous sequence takes place in a fun-house hall of mirrors.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).
4. The only movie in which Christopher Guest acts with his brother Nicholas.
Solved by Melville (comment #1).
5. Woman: “You’re gonna flunk out if you don’t study.”
Man: “I am studying.”
Woman: “Bullshit. You’re looking at my legs.”
Solved by Evn (comment #5).
6. In this Diane Keaton movie, she is reading the book The Godfather, and another character mentions that he has seen the movie (which featured Diane Keaton).
Solved by George (comment #12).
7. A man delivers a message to a woman by showing her large cue cards.
Solved by Roberta (comment #11).
#3 is The Lady from Shanghai
#4 is The Long Riders
Is #1 Lust, Caution?
is #1 the Last Emporer?
Tom, yes, Barbs, no.
I’m going to shoot wildly and say #7 is Live and Let Die. (I know there were Tarot cards in that movie, so maybe cue cards were lying around somewhere.)
Also, #5 is Love Story.
Evn, you’ve marched wildly into Wrongville.
Ah, I love Wrongville in the Spring…
Was I wrong on #5, too? Cuz I coulda sworn…
Is #2 either Lust for Life or Lisztmania?
(I googled a little — cheating, I know! — and discovered that Lisztmania doesn’t exist. Is there some other Liszt movie I’m thinking of?)
Evn, you were right on #5, I just didn’t see the bottom of your post.
Matt, you’re thinking of Lisztomania (but it’s not correct, nor is Lust for Life).
#7 is Love, Actually.
#2 is Little Man Tate. #6 is Looking for Mr. Goodbar.