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film history quiz2.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Richard Lester's films, such as A Hard Day's Night (1964), created a particular vogue for wordless scenes (often montage sequences) backed by what? | Pop songs |
| Module 3 of this unit compares classical Hollywood and New Hollywood styles with two films: The Getaway and ______________ . The clips from each film demonstrate how a similar narrative could be presented so differently. | High Sierra |
| Which of the following IS one of the results of Hollywood film studios being taken over by media conglomerates? | Film executives were replaced by business men |
| The early part of this decade is perhaps the closest Hollywood has come to cultivating a uniquely American art cinema within mainstream moviemaking. | 1970s |
| Which of the following claims for Bonnie and Clyde is the most valid? | The authorities eventually act on personal vengeance against the criminals, making the legal system appear petty and vindictive, rather than protective. |
| Which of the following is associated with the "new generation" of film directors of the American postclassical period? | Knowledgeable about film theory an history |
| This wildly successful road movie of 1969, directed by Dennis Hopper, offered rock music and a "drug-laced tour of America" (Bordwell and Thompson) | Easy Rider |
| Which American director-producer tried and failed with Zoetrope studios to create a production center for personal film projects? | Francis Ford Coppola |
| While some directors in New Hollywood desired to make art cinema, Lucas and Spielberg sought to do what? | Recover their boyhood pleasures in movies |
| Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey? | Stanley Kubrick |
| Which "movie brat" do Bordwell and Thompson single out for his unique (and consistent) ability both to revive studio traditions AND to adapt aspects of European art cinema? | Martin Scorsese |
| What is now seen as an important part of what made the movie Jaws so wildly successful at the box office? | Saturation advertising-building up the release date as a 'must-see' event |
| French and British crime films of the 80s and 90s are said to draw upon which of the following European film traditions? | Poetic realism |
| In the 1980s throughout Europe, the burden of film finance shifted in general to all of the following EXCEPT | National governments |
| Which R.W. Fassbinder film presents the love affair of an older lady and a younger Moroccan immigrant? (Note: A clip of this film is available in the module.) | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul |
| Which British film directed by Sally Potter is representative of the new art cinema modernism that continues today, a film that is conscious of its own artificiality? (Note: A clip of this film is available in the module.) | Orlando |
| Identify the country: Aardman Animations, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Ken Loach, BFI | England |
| With films such as The Fifth Element and Leon: The Professional, this filmmaker (and founder of Europa Corp) has been heavily criticized by European critics for imitating Hollywood. | Luc Besson |
| In Wings of Desire, who is Damiel surprised to discover had once been an angel? | Peter Falk (the actor) |
| The British filmmaker Mike Leigh is associated with which of the following film trends? | Socially-critical naturalism |
| After the 1970s, what would a European film typically need to be most successful at reaching international audiences (according to Bordwell and Thompson)? | Prestige (typically festival prizes and a major director) |
| Which Hollywood director of melodrama from the 1950s is said to be a huge influence on such directors as Pedro Almodovar and Reiner Werner Fassbinder? | Douglas Sirk |
| What style of cinema, prevalent in France in the 1980s, focused on visual opulence and grand style? (Note: The clip of The Big Blue in the module is identified as an example of this style.) | Cinema du Look |
| Fill in the blanks: According to the module, Wings of Desire "is a film about __________ On a simplistic level, the film can be seen as a call for an end to ____________ ." | The desire for life... the division of the city |
| United Artists collapsed as a major studio in the early 1980s, largely because of cost overruns on director Michael Cimino's movie | Heaven's Gate |
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