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Q: The actor that worked successfully in westerns with both Howard Hawks and John Ford was a. Humphrey Bogart b. James Cagney c. Clark Gable d. John Wayne
Q: American movies have always been the fastest moving in the world and digital technologyboth recording and editinghas enabled them to move even faster.
Q: New Wave directors believed in the purity of film genres and did not mix genres in their movies.
Q: John Ford's movies are characterized by which of the following? a. visual economy b. independent women c. loosely structured plots d. none of the above
Q: In the United States, Hollywood is in the midst of a great rebirth of film-making having learned how to manufacture (rather than create) and franchise movies.
Q: New Wave directors had a deep affection for American movies.
Q: Who worked as a successful independently produced director? a. Howard Hawks b. George Cukor c. Sam Wood d. Mervyn LeRoy
Q: Latin American films often closely examine poverty and the desperation it breeds as can be seen in City of God and Maria Full of Grace.
Q: The young directors who made up the French nouvelle vague (New Wave) were a homogenous group in terms of their styles and themes.
Q: Which of the following is true of an Ernst Lubitsch comedy? a. it is very realistic b. it makes secondary characters the butt of jokes c. it is never cold nor brittle d. it stays true to traditional comic technique
Q: Latin American films of late continue to be slanted to the left, but are also now often funny, sexy, nuanced, and less self-consciously intellectual.
Q: After Stalin's death in 1953, the cinema in communist-ruled countries became a. freer. b. more expensive. c. less personal. d. none of the above
Q: What characterizes the film style of William Wyler? a. lengthy takes b. deep-focus photography c. few close-ups d. all of the above
Q: Asian martial arts movies have long appealed principally to adult make because of their complex choreography and graphic violence.
Q: The most prolific film-producing Eastern European country in the post-Stalin era was a. Hungary. b. Poland. c. Czechoslovakia. d. Yugoslavia.
Q: What did Mae West possess that made her a "startling apparition"? a. beauty b. bravery c. great voice d. political savvy
Q: Many Islamic filmmakers center their stories on children because the lives of children are less restricted than adult, women in particular.
Q: Eastern European filmmakers finally were able to make personal films that a. embodied boy-loves-tractor based themes. b. explored the Heroic Resistance idea. c. both a and b d. neither a nor b
Q: Greta Garbo laughed for the first time on film in which movie? a. The Little Foxes b. It's a Wonderful Life c. Front Page d. Ninotchka
Q: Movie making in Iran shares many similarities with classic neo-realism in Italy.
Q: The Italian director who believed that "America is really the property of the world" is a. Michelangelo Antonioni b. Pier Pablo Pasolini c. Sergio Leone d. Franco Zeffirelli
Q: All of the following are typical examples of a Frank Capra movie except a. It Happened One Night b. Red River c. Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington d. The Strong Man
Q: In Eastern Europe, film industries have been thriving since the fall of communism and state-subsidization.
Q: All of the following Italian directors prospered in the 1960s except? a. Roberto Rossellini b. Federico Fellini c. Vittorio De Sica d. Luchino Visconti
Q: _____ were "the legitimate descendents of the American iconoclastic tradition." a. The Gold Diggers b. Mae West and Cary Grant c. The Marx Brothers d. none of the above
Q: Many critics regard Mike Leigh, who works in the Kitchen Sink-style, as England's greatest living director.
Q: To understand the subtext of Joseph Losey films like The Servant, an audience must a. read the review. b. listen to the film music. c. mine the mise en scene. d. none of the above
Q: What replaced the sight gag in comedies when sound was introduced? a. wisecrack b. fast talk c. double entendre d. non sequitir
Q: What theater screen format gives promise that the horizon of movies contains more than just a transition to digital? a. Netflix b. direct downloads c. IMAX d. all of the above
Q: Acting in Kitchen School realistic movies was characterized by being a. physical. b. psychological. c. sexy. d. all of the above
Q: Who was "a musical Eisenstein"? a. Howard Hawks b. Ernst Lubitsch c. Fred Astaire d. Busby Berkeley
Q: The Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men was a. basically a faithful adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel b. about a killer straight from the id c. both a and b d. neither a nor b
Q: British cinema in the 1960s did not emphasize which of the following? a. the virtues of characters b. the sex lives of characters c. the violence of characters d. the working class
Q: All of these movies featured guns, cars, and sex except: a. Wild Boys of the Road b. Public Enemy c. Scarface d. Little Caesar
Q: Alexander Payne's film career could best be described with the term a. humane b. prolific c. sardonic d. serious
Q: On occasion, British cinema used elements more associated with New Wave directors; one of them found in Richardson's Tom Jones is a. downbeat tone b. cinematically self-conscious c. tightly structured d. restrained in social attitudes
Q: Which of the following is true of the gangster in gangster movies? a. He is poorly educated. b. He is incapable of love. c. He is a man of the city. d. He is incapable of humor.
Q: All of the following is true of Paul Thomas Anderson except a. character is destiny b. period authenticity is unimportant c. families have troubles d. choices can have terrible consequences
Q: Free Cinema in Britain emphasized a. democratic values b. significance of the everyday c. respect for the individual d. all of the above
Q: Who first administered the censorious Production Code? a. Joseph I. Breen b. Will Hays c. neither a nor b d. both a and b
Q: Ang Lee's movies stand out because of his attention to a. setting details b. narrative details c. psychological details d. period details
Q: Young British filmmakers of the 1960s shared which of the following attitudes? a. were in films to get rich b. disliked American movies c. criticized staid British cinema d. sought to establish a "tradition of quality"
Q: The gangster movie cycle began with which film? a. Scarface b. Underworld c. Little Cesar d. Public Enemy
Q: Ridley Scott is more than just a film director and has a stake in all of the following enterprises except a. Ridley Scott Recording b. Scott Free Productions c. Ridley Scott Associates d. all of the above
Q: Alain Resnais differed from other New Wave directors in that he a. preferred tightly written scripts. b. preferred to work with movie stars. c. preferred to work in America. d. none of the above
Q: What quality of speech most characterized how actors spoke in early "talkies"? a. poetic b. colloquial c. proper d. accented
Q: Ridley Scott is an incredible visual stylist, but he often show a disdain for a. actors b. sound effects c. scripts d. all of the above
Q: The French director who liked to "throw the rough draft [of a movie] at the public" was a. Louis Malle b. Jean-Luc Godard c. Alain Resnais d. Agnes Varda
Q: Given the fact that the system remade people into acting types, many of whom became stars, how likely is it that personality stars like Gary Cooper were, in private life, just like their screen personas, or was it likely that, as we learned about actors like Rock Hudson and Marilyn Monroe, they had private selves that few knew?
Q: Which of the follow is all important in a comedy? a. pacing b. tone c. physical humor d. verbal wit
Q: Francois Truffaut was influenced in his filmmaking by a. Jean Renoir b. Alfred Hitchcock c. neither a nor b d. both a and b
Q: Why was the development of the classical narrative script form in Hollywood inevitable?
Q: Which of the following movies spun off from the Iraqi War was a financial success? a. The Kingdom b. Redacted c. both a and b d. neither a nor b
Q: One of the techniques that New Wave directors liked to use was a. improvised scenes b. use of movie studios c. large film crews d. symphonic scores
Q: What were the advantages to studios like MGM and Paramount that they specialized in specific kinds of movies like spectaculars, screwball comedies etc.? What were the disadvantages?
Q: Pixar Studio most closely resembles what classical studio in its approach to animation values? a. Warner Brothers b. Big Sky c. DreamWorks d. Disney
Q: New Wave directors took advantage of which of the following technological developments in the 1960s? a. fast film stocks b. zoom lenses c. light, hand-held cameras d. all of the above
Q: What were the benefits of the studio system to the film industry itself as well as movie goers? What were the limitations of the studio system?
Q: Which movie did more than just talk about gay sex? a. The Boys in the Band b. Philadelphia c. Brokeback Mountain d. Sunday Bloody Sunday
Q: Which of the following is not true of the French nouvelle vague (new wave) movie making movement? a. rejected commercial French cinema b. favored light, non-intellectual entertainments c. began their careers, often, as critics d. all of the above
Q: To what is classical cinema oriented and to whom?
Q: Digital movie making has meant all of the following except a. easier access to the means of production. b. better image quality. c. less filming expense. d. increase in low-budget films.
Q: What characteristics of Sam Peckinpah's westerns made them revisionist?
Q: What happened to new actors/actresses ("neophytes") who entered the star system?
Q: A David Cronenberg movie typically focuses on a. sex and violence. b. sex and money. c. sex and technology. d. sex and politics.
Q: What were some of the filmmaking techniques that directors from New York like Sidney Lumet, John Frankenheimer, Mike Nichols, etc. used that made their films "arty"?
Q: What was the model for the Hollywood studio system and who was the inventor of that model?
Q: What skill has never seemed less important in movie storytelling? a. costuming b. Irony c. composition d. lighting
Q: Why is the clich "all that glitters is not gold" appropriate for the films, whether realistic or spectacle, of the early 60s?
Q: Above all, what kind of stories did American audiences want to see after World War I?
Q: All of the following genres are sources for movies intended for a younger audience except a. war b. science fiction c. comic books d. fantasy
Q: Why is Bonnie and Clyde, directed by Arthur Penn, considered the turning point from the old filmmaking sensibility to the new?
Q: Matching1) Thomas Ince ___2) producer ___3) John Wayne ___4) MGM ___5) classical cinema ___6) B-movies ___7) Frank Capra ___8) Paramount ___9) Clark Gable ___10) Darryl F. Zanuck ___a. specialized in lavish spectaclesb. major studio especially receptive to comedyc. top male star of the 1930sd. Twentieth Century-Fox production heade. inaugurated the era of screwball comedyf. shaped writing the script, had say in casting, etc.g. most popular film star in film historyh. concerns goal-oriented charactersi. over half of majors' movies were thesej. devised the studio system
Q: What characteristics shape the ethos of the movie business today according to director Sydney Pollack? a. geared to a demographic that provides repeat business b. grab attention fast and furiously c. experience is shaped by what happens at home with DVDs d. all of the above
Q: What happened to the Production Code in 1968 and what was the result?
Q: Less realistic than slapstick comedy, screwball comedy's characters are never serious as they interact with one another.
Q: All of the following are true about movies of the 2000s except that a. they are expressions of individual consciousness. b. they follow the conventions of classical movie making. c. they do not look like other movies. d. none of the above
Q: What was the goal of noted African-American actor Sidney Poitier?
Q: Gangster films are often vehicles for exploring rebellion myths.
Q: Why don"t Indian movies fare well outside of India?
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