final .2 Flashcards

1
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Japanese films set before 1868

A

Jidai-geki

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2
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Japanese films set after 1868

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Gendai-geki

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3
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The 2nd largest film industry in the world in the 1950’s

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India

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4
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Masala style

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Melodramatic plot
Song and Dance Numbers
Action sequences
Happy endings

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5
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What is Art Cinema?

A
Film seen as a work of art
Seen as a modernist work
features an alienated protagonist
loose narrative form
marketed as a distinct stylistic and cultural alternative to hollywood entertainment
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6
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Examples of Art Cinema film

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The Seventh Seal
8 1/2
Throne of Blood
Mon Oncle

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7
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Brecht

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wanted film and theatre to not be escapist but instead to be political and so used alienation effects (usually dubbed Brechtian)

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brechtian techniques

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breaks the 4th wall
accentuated act changes
musical numbers used in odd ways
collage construction
non linear narrative structure
minimalist style
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9
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example of a brechtian or self reflexive film

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Weekend by Jean-Luc Godard

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10
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example of abstract expressionism

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monotone symphony

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11
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art which looks at everyday objects and tries to find the art in them

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pop art

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12
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self-reflexive filmmaking

filmmakers influenced by neo-realism

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new wave

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13
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spring 1968

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prague spring

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14
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political modernism

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leftist films with a highly didactic tone meant to promote social and political change

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15
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production code abandoned in

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1966

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16
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name for chinese communist cinema

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socialist or revolutionary realism

17
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third cinema

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propaganda films. cinema used as a weapon

18
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example of a third cinema film

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memories of underdevelopment

19
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the great proletarian cultural revolution

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mao’s attempt to flip society

20
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example of a chinese third cinema film

A

the red detachment of women

21
Q

late cold war films morally

A

simplistic

22
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post cold war films morally

A

gray

23
Q

1946

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box office record in USA

24
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the paramount decision

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end of block booking, companies no longer held an ogliopoly

25
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result of the paramount decision

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companies had to focus on producing less movies but those movies were more expensive

26
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roadshowing

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plays in only one theater per market and only 1-3 screenings each day

27
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films that cash in on topical or sensational subjects

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exploitation films

28
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studio most famous for post-war musicals

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MGM

29
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protectionist measures postwar

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quotas of time for american cinema, levying charges, government financial coverage,

30
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postwar modernism

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true to life
the abnormally long shot
authorial commentary

31
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neorealism

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shot on location
non actors
edited like hollywood films

32
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popular post war british production company

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ealing studios