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Q: Sam Peckinpah has been criticized for glorifying, in a romantic way, extreme violence.

Q: Major studios often viewed their stars as valuable investments, "properties."

Q: What contributed to the basic health of French cinema in the 90s?

Q: Arthur Penn was interested in filming stories of people who were struggling to find their place and get along in societythe essential theme, for example, of Bonnie and Clyde.

Q: The choices of movies which Bette Davis fought for made considerably less money than the ones her Front Office favored for her.

Q: What qualities did British filmmakers possess which helped make British movie making diverse and resurgent in the 90s?

Q: Most film critics agree that the escalation of the war in Vietnam influenced movies, which became angry, militant, and anti-Establishment.

Q: The temper of each major studio was determined in part by the personality of the person who ran each studio.

Q: How did America come to dominate the European film landscape in the 90s?

Q: Martin Ritt once said, "It is possible to survive making films that basically represent who you are and what you are about."

Q: Benjamin Hampton claims that Hollywood's greater film success than Europe's is explained by Hollywood's ""¦willingness to give the public what it was willing to pay for"¦."

Q: Matching1) Baz Luhrman ___2) Danny Boyle ___3) Jim Sheridan ___4) Michael Radford ___5) Terry George ___6) Iain Softley ___7) Chris Noonan ___8) Ang Lee ___9) Bille August ___10) Neil Jordan ___a. Babeb. Il Postinoc. The Butcher Boyd. In the Name of the Fathere. Eat Drink Man Womanf. Jerusalemg. Strictly Ballroomh. The Wings of the Dovei. Some Mother's Sonj. Shallow Grave

Q: Because they came from a different background, new directors had no sense of movie-making style.

Q: All of the following are true about the use of genre to develop movie stories except: a. Its use automatically synthesizes a vast amount of iconographic data. b. Its use provides a very tight set of ready-made expectations. c. Its use helps to organize and focus story materials. d. Its conventions are mere clichs unless united with significant innovations.

Q: Australia and New Zealand produce very different movies despite their geographical proximity because they have very different cultures.

Q: New movie directors in the 1960s often got their training in television.

Q: What element in a script took precedence over all other elements? a. action b. dialogue c. costume d. comedy

Q: Italian cinema continued its great cinema innovation and production numbers even into the 1990s.

Q: The studio system benefited by gaining new perspectives when conglomerates like Transamerica Corporation acquired them.

Q: Classical narrative structure a. begins with an implied dramatic question. b. involves subsequent scenes that intensify action in a rising pattern. c. suppresses any dramatic detail that does not intensify the central conflict. d. all the above

Q: Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita was so American in subject and style that one critic said the film signaled the end of true French movies.

Q: Cleopatra represents the excess and failure, in general, of the American spectacular.

Q: A personality star was an actor whose a. screen persona and actual personality were very different. b. screen roles were always exactly the same character. c. screen persona and actual personality were almost identical. d. none of the above

Q: Out of the Irish problems have emerged many world-class films producing an unprecedented economic boom in Ireland.

Q: The early 1960s, in American cinema, were a time when English movies, financed with American money, were very popular.

Q: Top stars often had written into their contracts all of the following except a. how much they could weigh. b. script approval. c. director. d. cinematographer.

Q: Irish films focus exclusively on "the Troubles" that have long existed between Northern Ireland and the IRA.

Q: Which of the following is true about Stanley Kubrick? a. he worked in America and Great Britain b. he worked in a variety of genres c. he was inclined toward a pessimistic view of the human condition d. all of the above

Q: What two types/ titles in the studio system produced the majority of the very best films? a. the producer b. the director c. both of the above d. neither of the above

Q: One of the themes that the Kitchen Sink-style filmmakers take up over and over is class satisfaction and harmony.

Q: Stanley Kubrick made all of the following statements except a. "The commie conspiracy has contaminated my precious bodily fluids"¦" b. "I"m interested in the brutal and violent nature of man"¦" c. "What I"m after is a majestic visual experience"¦" d. all of the above

Q: RKO, a small studio, boasted which of the following: a. great political clout in California b. the finest special effects unit in Hollywood c. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds d. Fritz Lang and John Ford, two of the best contract directors in Hollywood

Q: Since Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl in 1981, more than 40 movies have been made in Scotland.

Q: The top male box office star of the 60s was a. John Wayne b. Burt Lancaster c. Dustin Hoffman d. Paul Newman

Q: All of the following made up the "Front Office" of a major studio except the a. studio head. b. producers. c. production chief. d. directors.

Q: British cinema has proven to be one of the least diverse or most uniform in the world in terms of the kind(s) of movie made there.

Q: Which of the following tended to be true of Vietnam era movies? a. big-budget films ruled b. the protagonist(s) often died c. westerns disappeared d. non-political positions were taken in the movies

Q: Which of the following traits was not true of B-movies? a. style, boldness, and originality b. lurid and infantile titles c. inclusion of a great deal of stock footage d. testing ground of raw talent

Q: Many countries tried to stem the tide of American movie domination by deregulating their television industries, which, in turn, financed their movies.

Q: Sam Peckinpah was a a. champion of individualism b. romantic conservative c. neither a nor b d. both a and b

Q: What percent of the seating capacity of theatres did the Big Five studios control? a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%

Q: The top American grossing movie in foreign countries in 1990 was Pretty Woman.

Q: All of the following are true about Sam Peckinpah's movies except a. tended to be personal and loosely structured b. often had to be reedited to improve their lengths for the commercial market c. was praised for his handling of sex d. created controversy for his treatment of violence

Q: The studio whose ruling sensibility was "masculine, tough, and proletarian" was a. Paramount. b. Universal. c. RKO. d. Warner Brothers.

Q: Jane Campion of New Zealand made which of the following acclaimed movie set in New Zealand with, principally, American stars. a. Once Were Warriors b. The Piano c. Babe d. Angel at My Table

Q: Movies made in the late 60s were often characterized by a. small budgets. b. rebels against the mainstream. c. no-name or unimportant stars. d. all of the above

Q: Under the Hollywood film-studio factory system, the key to getting a movie made was the a. director. b. producer. c. cinematographer. d. star.

Q: A character's tears dry and thus provide salt for the family an example of magical realism is a scene from what popular Mexican movie? a. Like Water for Chocolate b. Alley of Miracles c. Bravo d. My Finance

Q: What became true of movies of the 1960s? a. They were careful not to mix tones like anguish and absurdity. b. They focused on extraordinary, heroic characters. c. Downbeat themes in movies were often money makers. d. They used almost no film techniques like fast forward, slow motion, jump cuts, etc.

Q: Which of the following is true about Paramount Studio? a. It was responsible for 25% of the films produced in 1929. b. It was the most sophisticated studio of the Big Five. c. It was the most "European." d. all the above

Q: Typical traits found in Hong Kong movies of the 1990s include which of the following: a. sophisticated humor b. chaotic violence c. strong sense of family d. poetic visual style

Q: Films became more strident as the 60s neared the end because of a. The National Rifle Association b. Vietnam c. The Civil Rights Movement d. Psychedelic music

Q: The best American movies of this period were movies that a. ennobled human beings. b. made a great deal of money. c. both a and b d. neither a nor b

Q: Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi complained that control of Polish cinema in the 90s shifted away from the Russians to the a. Poles. b. Spanish. c. French. d. Americans.

Q: What is true about movies by 1969? a. Movie attendance rose rather than declined. b. Movies returned to classical genre movies. c. Movies restored the Production Code to protect audiences. d. none of the above

Q: All the following were responsible for the practice of "vertical integration" except a. Thomas Ince. b. William Fox. c. Adolph Zukor. d. Marcus Loew.

Q: The biggest grossing foreign language movie ever in U.S. history in the 1990s was a. Farewell My Concubine b. Il Postino c. Life Is Beautiful d. Belle Epoque

Q: The film that was the "box office champion" of the 60s was a. Seven Days in May b. Husbands c. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf d. The Graduate

Q: What was a particularly taboo subject in American cinema in the Hollywood system? a. optimism b. romance c. honest failure d. none of the above

Q: Spanish director Pedro Almodvar has been compared to the off-beat American director a. Jim Jarmusch b. Kevin Smith c. Tim Burton d. John Waters

Q: John Cassavetes used which of the following a. tightly framed close-ups or medium shots b. fancy camera work c. action d. quick cuts, short scenes

Q: Do Fritz Lang's symbols in his films keep his films from being realistic?

Q: On the continent, which national cinema probably was the healthiest in the 1990s? a. France b. Germany c. Scandinavia d. Spain

Q: Each of the following is true about John Frankenheimer's films except a. worked in several genres b. used the motif of imprisonment often c. vision tends to be optimistic d. had no single theme

Q: What is/ are the difference(s) between expressionism and naturalism?

Q: Irish filmmakers in the 90s tended to do all of the following except a. use stars. b. tell stories. c. depend on dialogue. d. avoid genre/narrative conventions.

Q: Sidney Lumet was known to a. work fast. b. handle actors well. c. bring in movies on time and on budget. d. all of the above

Q: What does the term "plastic" mean as it applies to Soviet/ Russian movie making?

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?