international classical cinema Flashcards
why wasn’t it possible for film industries to develop in many parts of the world? (2)
- due to how expensive filmmaking was
- competition from hollywood
center of the Indian filmmaking industry was…
Bombay, now Mumbai
Bollywood film was in what language?
Hindi
what are the two major differences in Bollywood from Hollywood?
- almost all films are musicals
- film stars were more powerful
define parallel cinema
independent low budget realism that emerged in the 50s in India
parallel cinema rejected the…
idealized Bollywood style inspired by the neorealist movement
in the classical era, Egypt had the [?] largest film industry in the world
3rd
egyptian film felt more like hollywood movies because…
they didn’t have the musical emphasis of bollywood
the classical Indonesian film industry is an example of…
one that is very difficult to understand today
why is the Indonesian film industry so hard to understand?
b/c although huge numbers of films were produced, most are lost or too decayed to watch
hollywood put great effort into exporting their films to latin america by…
dubbing them into Spanish or Portuguese
which latin american country had the closest thing to a commercial film industry?
Mexico
what are the 4 examples of european nations with large film industries?
- germany
- england
- france
- italy
define quota
law requiring that a certain percentage of films screened in a country must have been made in that country
the dominance that Hollywood had over smaller english speaking countries stifled the…
development of major film studios in canada
why was hollywood so dominant over smaller english speaking countries?
fewer linguistic and cultural differences than in other areas
english language classical era canadian films…
simply do not exist
what year was the National Film Board of Canada created?
1939
the NFB was created to…
help train and finance Canadian films
the NFB didn’t produce…
feature films
what did the Canada Cooperation Project do?
instead of the canadian govt. setting up a quota system, hollywood would film a few movies in canada and include positive references to canada
what years was the canada cooperation project in effect?
1948-58
the canada cooperation project prevented the development of…
a canadian film industry in the classical era
china didn’t have a big or powerful film industry during the classical era because…
of war and revolution
when the communists took control of china in the 50s, they took control of the film industry and did two things:
- banned earlier films
- allowed only propaganda films to be made
some chinese filmmakers escaped to hong kong, meaning that…
a commercial film industry developed
hong kong then exported…
chinese films all around the world
