Exam 3 - Film Movements Flashcards
Post-War Britain
Filmmakers: David Lean, Carol Reed
Films: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); Black Narcissus (1947)
Description: Generally, 4 types -
1) Elegant technicolor spectacles produced by the Archers
2) Tightly edited and well-written contemporary dramas
3) Polished adaptations of literary classics
4) Satiric “little” comedies made mostly at the Ealing Studios
China
Time: People’s Republic of China, founded in 1949 and began the Cultural Revolution
Films: Lin Zeru (1959); Yellow Earth (1984); Farewell to My Concubine (1993)
Filmmakers: “Fifth Generation” - a group of younger directors who were fifth set to graduate from Beijing Film Academy in 1984; Wu Tianming; Zhang; Chen Kaige
Description: state abolished commercial filmmaking and nationalized and subsidized the industry; ten major studios built; number of theater increased; films communicate ideals of Revolution to population; works of art including propaganda; social realism to art cinema denouncing tyranny and outraged censors (fifth generation)
Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Time: After Stalin’s death
Films: The Cranes are Flying (1957); The Quiet Don (1957); Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Filmmakers: Sergei Parajanov, Andrei Tarkovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov
Description: number of cinematically fresh and emotionally engaging movies at home and abroad; late 1960s-1970s was difficult to work; Filmmaking was subsidized, but films not approved for production; art films were entered into festivals, but rarely shown in big cities; filmmakers persecuted under Brezhnev regime; great films justify world attention
Iran
Time: During Islamic Republic of Iran
Films: Still Life (1974); The Bicycle Thief
Filmmakers: Abbas Kiarostami; Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Description: produced state-supported and independent films; conventional film industry where “across the street” where filmmaking was going on; “Superior Iranian” Films making low budget grants available for films teaching worthwhile lessons and artistry brining international prizes and bookings; pictures revived Neorealism, fable, and children’s films; children movies are taken more seriously; restrictions where women had to be covered when leaving her house
