| Question |
Answer |
| What were the main styles of Pre-Revolution Cinema? | It was Bugoise Cinema, there was Imitation of Lumiere, most were Adaptations, most were Melodramatic |
| When did the Russian revolution take place? | 1917 |
| When were Cartoons first attempted? | 1912 |
| What themes did Costume dramas often deal with? | outlaws |
| What did Evgeni Bauer make? | a trilogy called Mad Love… a societal drama |
| Which Cinema influenced Russia much more than American Cinema? | French Cinema |
| Which Actress looks like Goryuchkina? | Vera Corallie |
| Who was the first supporter of soviet cinema and who did he work with? | it was Vladimir Mayakovsky, and he worked with Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov |
| What was Drankov in his early years? | He was a Duma (Statehouse) photographer and filmed russian (Tolstoy) nobility. |
| what was Drankov’s acclaimed film he made about, and which actress played the victim? | His movie was about a man who murdered women he proposed to. Allysa Friendlich |
| What general impacts did the Russian revolution have on film and who were the 2 great pioneers? | film became educated and ideological, it glorified the worker. The biggest pioneers were Dziga Vertov and Eisenstein |
| Which time period is considered the hay-day of Russian cinema? | 1917-1930 |
| Dziga Vertov worked on films about which ruler? | Lenin |
| Which 2 conflicts did Eisenstein present in his work? | the Proletariat masses vs the Individual and the glorification of machinery |
| What were Eisenstein’s 2 masterpieces? | Man with a movie camera and Battleship Potemkin |
| How did Vertov and Pudovkin start as film makers and what did they transition to? | they started as cameramen for the Red army. The transitioned into news reel cinema, which was an Anti Traditional narrative |
| Who started Montoge cinema and who followed it? | vertov started it, then followed by Eisenstein |
| Define Montage cinema? | the rhythmic juxtaposition of the cuts, which creates conflict |
| Define the Kino Eye concept and how it reflected in films? | The Camera sees the world better than the eye |
| Vertov Cinema is political how? | This cinema is anti burguoise, which is focused on the elite. Heavy machine element, against exploitation of the proletariat |
| What emphasis does Tarkovsky have in his score? | He uses music to emphasize intention |
| What is the meaning of Cinema (not movies)? | films dedicated to the pure art + aesthetic beauty, importance |
| What happened to Soviet Cinema in the mid forties? | there was a return to modern classes, switch to pure art. |
| Who were the 4 soviet rulers, in order? | lenin, stalin, kreuschev, Brezhnev |
| Which ruler made the USSR very stale by sending many artists to jail? | Brezhnev |
| Where was Brodsky from, which type of films did he make? | he was from st. petersberg. Made exploitation films |
| What genre of films did Riazanov make, and under which ruler? | Made comedies during kreuschev’s thaw period |
| What were the happy time of Soviet Cinema, why? | the 50s, after fall of stalin. |
| Film throughout 21st century dealt with what? | Romance, always in context of social satire, |
| Riazanov made which famous film, starring which actress? | A railway station for two staring the actress Nikita Mikhalkov |
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