Final

Question 1

hollywood renaissance

Answer 1

1964-1976

Question 2

how did the new america cinema began

Answer 2

regular movies goers stayed at home watching tv
european cinema converted to american producers
underground cinema began growing popularity
film industry pushed its discovery of elitism of new film audience to its limits

Question 3

genre pictures for special audiences

Answer 3

families films
blaxploitations (african american cast)
sexploitations
cult film

Question 4

New “Art House” Films

Answer 4

protagonist are social misfits deviates or outlaws
villains are legal, respectable defender of society, cruel
protagonist are compassionate , funny, charming
unhappy or open ending
antiheroes lives validated even if died
violently
cinematic tricks to intensify mood

Question 5

peter bogdanovich

Answer 5

NYC film buff
works at MOMA film dept
uses the 3 day karloff owed corman from “the terror” for “targets” a big critical hit
Directs three extremely well-made “retro”
genre movies that become audience favorites
dissipates in the 1980s under bloated budgets and poor choices of material

Question 6

william Friedkin

Answer 6

Action/shock master who brought in big box-office bucks without resorting to fantasy
Friedkin is a “realist” who knows how to put on a good show.

Question 7

robert altman

Answer 7

made 15 films in the 1970

Question 8

robert altman

Answer 8

best known for his ensemble cast pictures
works improvisational with actors
towards end of career had difficulty getting pictures made.

Question 9

robert altman

Answer 9

lost several assignment when he told studio heads he intended to make an altman film rather than a studio film. His movie the Player is a satire of the hollywood system.

Question 10

stanley kubrick

Answer 10

new yorker
“look” photographer
reclusive self-exiled to london in 1962
unprecedented contract with WB gave him total control

Question 11

martin Scorsese

Answer 11

film student at NYU
film Buff and Film preservationist
realistic yet operatic style- very italian
violence and male camaraderie prevail
from the “raw” style of “mean streets” to the slick period polish of “the aviator”

Question 12

Francis (Ford) Coppola

Answer 12

UCLA film student
film buff
makes exploitation films for roger corman
writes important films of the “60”s (Patton)
a shaky start at WB is forgotten after the success of the “The Godfather” films
(The godfather, napoleon, dracula)

Question 13

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg

Answer 13

The golden Boys and their boys
The summers of “75’s” ( Jaws) and 77’s (star wars) change the course of film history
The apotheosis of the popular film
american films become the global cultural text

Question 14

woody allen

Answer 14

most like chaplin as observer of contemporary american social scene
known for playing neurotic characters trying to fit in
writes and directs all his movies many times starring as well

Question 15

mike nichols

Answer 15

greatest satirist of period
noted for working with actors teamed with Elaine May for comedy duo first features )(Who’s afraid of virginia wolf? , the graduate)
most famous film directed

Question 16

arthur penn

Answer 16

new yorker
begins as Tv director 
theatrical realism 
actors studio member
can be cinematically brilliant as well as obscure and pretentious

Question 17

national cinemas

Answer 17

1968-present

Question 18

german film industry

Answer 18

oberhausen manifesto formulated by 26 screenwriters and directors creating “new German Cinema”
Film board and film subsidies set up in 1967
late 1960s and early 1970s three young german filmmakers- werner herzog, rainer werner fassbinder , wim wenders-made their first feature films forming nucleus of most interesting and productive new national movement since the french new wave

Question 19

tom tykwer

Answer 19

( german) created run lola run

it struck a core with the pubic and was a successful film in germany 1998. it triumphed at the venice film festival ,

Question 20

what was the band called that tom tykwer created with johnny klimek

Answer 20

pale 3

Question 21

cuban film industry

Answer 21

castro declared cinema the most important and socially useful of the arts
insituto cubano del Art e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC) founded.
Tomas Gutierrez Alea recognized as top cuban filmmakers
Strawberry and chocolate banned in Cuba

Question 22

russia and the former soviet Union

Answer 22

Under Khrushchev , filmmaking won critical fame at home and abroad
fter khrushchev, filmmaking more restrictive
Sergei Paradjanov and Andrei Tarkovsky most important directors during 1980s and 1990s
1991 soviet union disbanded and films had to become self sustaining

Question 23

The islamic Republic of Iran

Answer 23

Abbas kiarostami most recognized Iranian filmmakers
1984 iran set goal of production at least 50 superior films that were low budget teach worthwhile lessons and whose artistry would bring international prizes
restrictions on women dress led to movies being shot mainly outdoors
new Iranian films revived neorealism, the fable and children film all at once.

Question 24

Indias Film Industry

Answer 24

India is worlds top producer of films and exported to more than 100 nations
Indians demand for entertainment leads to formulaic and conventional films, usually love stories with musical numbers
Most films made in Hindi in “bollywood”
heavy government taxes on Indias film industry
Dominated by the star system
Music is supporting star of an Indian film

Question 25

english language cinema and Australia and new Zealand

Answer 25

Australian films of 1970s defined their identity - british themes of literary elegance and polished acting with american images and genres
Peter Weir and Fred Schepisi contrated Australias European culture with Aboriginal natives
Other Australian directors of note: Baz Luhrmann, Ray Lawrence , Rob Stich and Philip Noyce
New Zealands films industry thrived in 1978 with founding of the New Zealand Film Commission
Roger Donaldson drew attention to New Zealand filmmakers with Lord of the Rings trilogy
Niki Caro and Jane Campion power house women directors

Question 26

English Language Cinema- Canada

Answer 26

Canada cinema synonyms with the National Film Board of Canada
Known for animated films and documentaries in English or French
Canadian Film Development corporation and new tax laws advanced films made in Canada and with Canadian subjects

Question 27

english language cinema -wales , Scotland and republic of Ireland

Answer 27

Wales Hedd Wyn is first welsh feature film
scotland has growing film and television industry
The Magdalene Sister, a Scottish and Irish co-production was so controversial it had to be produced outside of ireland
Republic of Ireland is most developed cinema.
Two well known directors Neil Jordan and jim sheridan put the industry on the map

Question 28

Joyeux Noel

Answer 28

In December 1914 an unofficial chirstmas truce on the western front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the first word war to gain insight into each other ways of life
Writer/Director: Chrisitian Carion
Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet and Daniel Bruhl