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Films studied Flashcards

1
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Who directed Chi-raq

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Spike Lee

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Who directed the Tennant?

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Roman Polanski

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Who directed The Trojan Women?

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Michael Cacoyannis

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Who directed A Touch of Spice?

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Tassos boulmetis

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What genre is Chi-raq?

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Comedy

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What greek play is Chi-raq based off of?

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Lysistrata by aristophanes

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what are the major themes of Chi-Raq?

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a need for peace

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what is the technique used by the character dolmedes (played by Samuel L. Jackson) in Chi-Raq

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Parabasis: breaking the fourth wall

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what was the political context for Chi-raq?

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gang violence in chicago

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what genre of film is trojan women?

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tragedy

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what greek play is trojan women based on?

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trojan women by euripides

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what are some major differences between the film and the play for trojan women?

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In the film, the narrator takes the place of Poseidon and Athena

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what were the major themes of The Tennant?

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Isolation, alienation, Voyuerism, transformation

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who were the main characters of the Tennant

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Mr. Trelkovsky, Simone Choule, Monsiour Zy, Stella

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How did the tenant show the alienation of trelkovsky?

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By having A and B groups, where only the outsiders had accents, they ate different food, smoked different cigarettes, etc.

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What was the context of the tenant?

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The tenant was based on Polanski’s experiences as a displaced polish jew living in France. It is also influenced by his experiences in WWII, and as a french citizen who is still regarded as a foreigner

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what genre is the Tenant?

A

psychological horror

17
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What are the major themes of a touch of spice?

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the quest for the lost city of childhood, the effects of displacement on young people

18
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who are the main characters in A Touch of Spice?

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Fanis, Saime, Uncle Aimilios, Grandpa Vasilis

19
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what are the three parts of A Touch of Spice?

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Appetizers, main dish, and desserts

20
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What are some of the “hidden stories” in A Touch of Spice?

A

The first people who were killed when the turkish invaded were the boy scouts in 1922

21
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what is the cultural context of A Touch of Spice?

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The deportation of the greeks from istanbul in 196~, and the military Junta in greece in the 70s.

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