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film history quiz 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After Antoine is made to stay in class during recess, what else is he punished for? | For writing on the classroom wall |
| In the early scenes of the film, Antoine is sent to the store. What makes him so uncomfortable when he is waiting in line outside the store? | The women are talking about childbirth |
| What excuse does Antoine give for missing school, that later gets him into so much trouble? | He says his mother is dead |
| What famous French writer inspires Antoine, so that he adds him to his shrine? | Honore de Balzac |
| What happens to Antoine's shrine? | It catches on fire |
| What is Antoine charged with when his father takes him to the police station? | Vagrancy and theft |
| When Antoine talks to the psychiatrist in the reform school what is significant about the way the scene is filmed? | We only see Antoine almost as if he were talking to the camera |
| When Antoine escapes from the reform school what are the rest of the boys doing? | Playing soccer |
| In the clip from Shoot the Pianist, our hero Charlie plays the piano to avoid getting involved in what? | A fight between his girlfriend and their boss |
| Whose voice provides the voice-over in the clip from Shoot the Pianist? | Charlie, our piano-playing hero |
| When Charlie and his boss fight outside the bar, what makes them pause? | They have had enough of the fight |
| What happens at the end of the fight between Charlie and his boss in the clip from Shoot the Pianist? | Charlie stabs his boss |
| In the first clip from Breathless, what does Patricia discover about Michel from the newspaper? | That he is married |
| In the second clip from Breathless, Patricia is at a coffee shop. What does she do while she is there? | She calls the police |
| In the second clip from Breathless, what is Michel doing when Patricia returns from the coffee shop? | Sitting with his head on the desk, listening to a Mozart Clarinet Concerto |
| In the second clip from Breathless, what does Michel's friend throw to him just as the police arrive? | A gun |
| What do we watch in the opening sequence of Cleo de 5 à 7? | A reading of tarot cards |
| What profession does Cleo have in Cleo de 5 à 7? | A singer |
| Cleo feels lonely and helpless during Cleo de 5 à 7. What activity, repeated through-out the film and associated with woman's vanity, suggests her recognition of her role as an object? | Looking at herself in mirrors |
| What is significant about the length of the film, Cleo de 5 à 7? | It matches the length of time of the events shown |
| Who does Cleo meet in a park that encourages her to have a more sincere discussion of her situation in Cleo de 5 à 7? | A solider |
| How does Cleo de 5 à 7 remind you of the passing of time? | The film is divided into sections, showing the time they will take. |
| What fear drives Cleo's actions during the film? | That she is ill with Cancer |
| According to the notes in the module, what famous Martin Scorsese film does This Sporting Life pre-empt? | Raging Bull |
| What is Frank's day job in This Sporting Life? | Coal miner |
| What activity, besides sport work and drinking, do we often see Frank engaging in in This Sporting Life? | Reading |
| The opening shots of This Sporting Life contrast Frank's play on the field with shots of him partying with his team mates. True or False? | False - The opening scenes are Frank on the sporting field, in his work and his homelife |
| What stops Margaret, Frank's landlady, from showing affection for Frank in This Sporting Life? | Grief for her dead husband |
| What links the death of Margaret's husband and Frank's inclusion in the first squad of the local rugby team in This Sporting Life? | Her husband worked for the same company that owns the team |
| After Margaret's death what does Frank do in This Sporting Life? | Goes to empty house and weeps for her |
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