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Q: Which of the following is true of Irish movies in the 1990s? a. written by Irish screenwriters b. often produced by British television c. often anti-authoritarian d. all of the above

Q: Where did many of the newer directors of the 1960s come from? a. New York b. London c. Paris d. none of the above

Q: Explain Abel Gance's "Polyvision" as an example of his extravagant filmmaking.

Q: Conflict in an Irish film from the 90s was often centered on a. class. b. religion. c. neither a nor b d. both a and b

Q: Which of the following was not a problem with the major studios at the beginning of the 1960s? a. television viewer numbers b. reasonable salaries c. expense of literary and stage properties d. lavish production values

Q: In what ways did filmmakers react to the disillusioning bloodiness of World War I? What film movement/ style was the ultimate reaction to "the war to end all wars"?

Q: All of the following are true about a typical Mike Leigh film except a. realistic settings b. strict adherence to script c. often very unlikable characters d. plain visual style

Q: The genre of movie that knew the most success in the early 1960s was which of the following? a. political thriller b. screwball comedy c. western d. spectacle

Q: What is the definition of the German term kammerspiel? Give an example of a movie embodying this quality.

Q: The following is true about Scottish director Ken Loach's typical film in the 90s a. unhappy ending b. highly structured c. rightist orientation d. big-issue topics

Q: What condition do Robert Bresson's characters find themselves in; and how or when are they able to change, if not improve their condition?

Q: How did Sergei Eisenstein use reverse angles in his filmmaking?

Q: The country whose actors have been the envy of the world is a. Ireland. b. Australia. c. Scotland. d. Britain.

Q: Was Federico Fellini a realist or formalist/ fabulist in his movies of the 50s?

Q: Matching1) Alfred Hitchcock ___2) Lev Kuleshov ___3) Vsevelod Pudovkin ___4) Robert Wiene ___5) Fritz Lang ___6) F. W. Murnau ___7) Louise Brooks ___8) Ren Clair ___9) Abel Gance ___10) Luis Buuel ___a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligarib. Le Millionc. The Last Laughd. editing is the essence of cinemae. L"Age d"Orf. The Lodgerg. Lulu in Hollywoodh. Storm over Asiai. Spiesj. Napoleon

Q: The British director (actually Irish born) who was able to turn Shakespeare's plays into fully realized and effective movies was a. Alan Parker b. Iain Softley c. Kenneth Branagh d. Jim Sheridan

Q: How were women portrayed in international films of the 50s?

Q: Abel Gance's "polyvision" anticipates Cinerama.

Q: The country that produces more movies each year than any other country in the world is a. India. b. Hong Kong. c. America. d. Great Britain.

Q: Why would Akira Kurosawa be considered a most untraditional Japanese filmmaker?

Q: Modern Times was so like Under the Roofs of Paris that Ren Clair's producers sued Charlie Chaplin.

Q: One of the problems that foreign-born directors experienced in the 1990s was a. language barriers. b. constant union strikes. c. growing censorship. d. none of the above

Q: What kind of images was Robert Bresson drawn to in his films during this period?

Q: Zero for Conduct is a Dada film made famous for its slow-motion, dreamlike, surreal pillow-fight scene.

Q: What was true about the level of success of American movies overseas in the 90s? a. They were not as successful as British movies were. b. They generated many new foreign-born movie stars. c. They captured over 70% of the entertainment dollars that overseas patrons spent. d. none of the above

Q: What kinds of characters was Federico Fellini basically drawn to in his films during this period?

Q: Murnau was the first to make camera movement a style sufficient unto itself.

Q: Why were Woody Allen movies in the 90s usually unpopular with American audiences, but popular with European and Japanese audiences?

Q: What theme did Ingmar Bergman return to again and again in his films in the 50s?

Q: The Germans used expressionism to create a form of light-hearted domestic comedy.

Q: What was/ were the effect(s) on movies of the introduction of the increasingly sophisticated use and look of CGI effects rather than hand-made special effects?

Q: What is the conflict that is characteristic of nearly all Japanese movies in the 50s?

Q: Germany's cinema was the only national cinema comparable to America's in the 1920s.

Q: What is the effect(s) on movie storytelling in the 90s of principally using close-up shots instead of the full gamut of shots (crane, tracking, dolly, long, extreme long etc.)?

Q: Matching1) An Autumn Afternoon ___2) Pather Panchali ___3) The Seventh Seal ___4) Rashomon ___5) The Crucified Lovers ___6) Smiles of a Summer Night ___7) A Man Escaped ___8) Ugetsu ___9) La Dolce Vita ___10) Seven Samurai ___a. Kenji Mizoguchi film about the middle classb. Robert Bresson movie set almost entirely in a jailc. Bergman's only successful comedyd. creates a hauntingly diaphanous dream worlde. Yasujiro Ozu film of a widower's sacrificef. basis for The Magnificent Seveng. Fellini movie about decadence of the privilegedh. means "song of the road," won Cannes Jury Prizei. Ingmar Bergman's allegory set in medieval timesj. established Toshiro Mifune as a star

Q: The Russians used tracking, panning, tilting, and the like to full effect.

Q: What was the essential quality, according to Steven Spielberg, that was lacking in his movies prior to Schindler's List and what did that lack mean for those movies?

Q: Jaques Tati worked austerely as did Bresson, but was a more cheerful artist as can be seen in Jour d" Fte.

Q: Potemkin's Odessa steps sequence is a powerful recreation of what it's like to be caught in an explosion of random violence.

Q: Did independent filmmakers of the 90s usually stay independent? Explain briefly.

Q: Robert Bresson was concerned with spiritual transcendence and used only "necessary" images and non-professional actors who spoke sparingly.

Q: Alfred Hitchcock was not at all interested and did not use the Soviet's emerging technique of manipulative cutting when it suited his purposes.

Q: How were gays and lesbians depicted in movies like The Birdcage in the 90s?

Q: Fellini rejected autobiographical themes to concrete on social concernes in movies like 8 .

Q: Sjstrm and Stiller explored the suffering brought on by the conflict between severe Protestantism and its constricting effect on the human instinct for pleasure.

Q: What happened to the quality of script writing in the 90s?

Q: Federico Fellini began his career in Italian movies by helping to write scripts like Open City.

Q: The French director who had an anarchist spirit but produced a light tone was a. Ren Clair b. Jean Renoir c. Marcel Proust d. Jean Vigo

Q: What caused the cost of movies to increase so drastically in the 90s?

Q: Ingmar Bergman rejected religious and psychological themes in his films, preferring light-hearted comedy instead.

Q: Abel Gance's films are characterized by all of the following except a. avant-garde techniques. b. romantic sensibility. c. restraint. d. extreme length.

Q: Matching1) R. Allers & R. Minhoff ___2) Clint Eastwood ___3) Whit Stillman ___4) Rita Collidge ___5) Woody Allen ___6) Nora Ephron ___7) Victor Nunez ___8) Hughes brothers ___9) Todd Solondz ___10) Don Roos ___a. Rambling Roseb. Menace II Societyc. Ulee's Goldd. Happinesse. The Lion Kingf. Unforgiveng. Titanich. Barcelonai. Sleepless in Seattlej. Deconstructing Harry

Q: Kenji Mizoguchi made movies reinforcing the traditional roles of women, no matter their class, in Japanese society.

Q: Luis Buńuel, in film after film, took as his theme a. various ways people are cruel to animals. b. some attack on conventional morality. c. support for capitalist-based society. d. examination and application of the ideas of Carl Jung.

Q: Arguably the most important development for artistic significance in 90s movie making was the establishment of independent films.

Q: Despite his Western sources of inspiration, Kurosawa remained totally traditional in his values.

Q: Un Chien Andalou is a surrealist film made by a. Louis Buuel b. Salvador Dali c. Both d. Neither

Q: Steven Spielberg said at the time of Schindler's List that until that film he had always been truthful in his films.

Q: Akira Kurosawa often used Shakespeare and other Western sources for inspiration in his movies.

Q: Dadaism is the art movement that a. despised realism. b. emphasized the illogical or absurd. c. used buffoonery and provocative behavior to shock. d. all of the above

Q: Americans have long admired the "bedrock" decency in their greatest film heroes.

Q: American authorities practiced censorship of Japanese movies during their occupation and democratization of Japan after World War II.

Q: G. W. Pabst's Pandora's Box a. faithfully recreates the myth. b. is a relentless parable of a sensually insatiable woman's destruction. c. concerns street-wise profiteers and destitute middle-class. d. portrays capitalism's connection to war.

Q: More women and minorities began directing "mainstream" films in the 1990s.

Q: The West "discovered" Japanese cinema when Pather Panchali won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

Q: Which of these is true about F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu? a. Dracula is very good looking. b. Dracula lives in Paris. c. Dracula is a kind of man-rat. d. Dracula drinks blood in his bath.

Q: Foreign directors are often not as intellectual as American directors and so are assigned to direct standard, run-of-the-mill movies.

Q: The American comedic film director to whom Jaques Tati may be compared is a. Harold Lloyd b. Charlie Chaplin c. Buster Keaton d. none of the above

Q: The "Griffith of Europe" was the German director a. Ernst Lubitsch b. Fritz Lang c. Emil Jennings d. Walter Ruttman

Q: Given the troubles in Hollywood, it is not surprising that screenwriting became increasingly important and better overall in quality.

Q: Robert Bresson is compared to all of the following directors except a. Howard Hawks b. Yasujiro Ozu c. Kenji Mizoguchi d. Carl Dreyer

Q: Which of the following is a renowned Fritz Lang film? a. Wings b. Mother c. The Eyes of the Mummy Man d. Metropolis

Q: Disney animated films the good ones make pop poetry out of the bond between humans and animals.

Q: A Robert Bresson film usually exemplifies which of the following film characteristics? a. stylistically austere with non"professional actors b. themes of spiritual transcendence c. shot on location d. all of the above

Q: The German director who served as the inspiration for other German directors such as F. W. Murnau and Robert Wiene was a. G. W. Pabst b. Carl Mayer c. Ernst Lubitsch d. Max Reinhardt

Q: Part of the appeal of movies has always been movement for movement's sake, the principal domain of action films.

Q: Until the New Wave movement at the end of the 50s, the French film industry was a. mediocre. b. innovative. c. nonexistent. d. derivative.

Q: In Expressionism, which flourished in Germany, theorizes or uses all of the following except a. the artist's emotional, personal reactions b. exaggeration and dreamlike atmosphere c. the faithful reproduction of the natural appearance of an object d. heavy use of light and dark contrasts

Q: Hollywood responded to losing money on movies in the 1990s by improving the number and quality of the movies being produced there.

Q: The most commercial French director of the period probably was a. Francois Truffaut b. Rene Clement c. Jean Luc Goddard d. Eric Rohmer