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film history quiz 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What appears alongside the opening credits that helps to place the Bonnie and Clyde narrative within the depression era? | Photographs from that era |
| Why does Clyde walk with a limp in Bonnie and Clyde? | He chopped two of his toes off with an axe |
| What does Clyde encourage the farmers, Otis Harris and Davis, to do before they leave their property for the last time in Bonnie and Clyde? | Shoot the repossession sign and two of the windows |
| What is Clyde unable to do for Bonnie that affects their relationship in Bonnie and Clyde? | He is unable to make love to her |
| What do the Barrow gang do to the captured Texas Ranger in Bonnie and Clyde? | Take photos of him then set him adrift in a boat |
| The Barrow gang encounter two new 'recruits', Eugene and Velma, in Bonnie and Clyde. All is well until Bonnie discovers Eugene's occupation. His job disturbs her to the point that she insists they be dumped out of the car immediately. What is his job? | Undertaker |
| The scene with Bonnie's family is filmed differently than the rest of Bonnie and Clyde. Which of the following best describes the aesthetics? | Soft focus with a golden glow |
| Who is the first of the Barrow gang to die in Bonnie and Clyde? | Buck |
| The clips from High Sierra and The Getaway illustrate the differences between what? | Classical Hollywood and New Hollywood narrative style |
| What is the first thing that both protagonists in High Sierra and The Getaway want to do when they are released from prison? | Walk in a park |
| In The Getaway the film uses a jump cut and reverse continuity to show Doc (Steve McQueen) doing what? | Swimming in the river |
| In the clip from Rain People our heroine, Natalie, is calling her husband. What does she admit to him? | That she is pregnant |
| What is missing from the clip from Rain People that usually gives the audience emotional cues? | A musical soundtrack |
| In the clip from The Conversation, our two protagonists are listening to a recorded conversation. Where? | In a large empty warehouse |
| The travelling shot that accompanies the opening credits of The Graduate features both Ben and his suitcase aboard what? | Moving conveyor belts |
| What's the "one word" Mr. McGuire has to say to Ben that is supposed to help his future in The Graduate? | Plastics |
| Ben's birthday present in The Graduate is filmed from Ben's point of view. What do we hear? | Just the sound of his breathing and then the water |
| The Graduate is at pains to assert that Ben is at the mercy of what/who? | His parents and their friends (the older generation) |
| The initial sex scenes between Ben and Mrs Robinson in The Graduate are presented in what way | As musical montages |
| After Ben has rescued Elaine from her marriage in The Graduate. What shot ends the film? | The two of them sitting on the bus, both facing the camera |