Test 2 Flashcards
the Japanese film industry was an oligopoly of what 3 vertically-integrated firms?
Nikkatsu and Shochiku, then Toho
meiji-mono
1960s genre that explored contrast between traditional and Western culture
jidai-geki
historical film
gendai-geki
contemporary film
cadre system
repeated collaboration of directors and screenwriters. encouraged filmmakers to develop a personal style since both have extreme control over film.
who was Kenzi Mizoguchi’s screenwriter?
Yoshikata Yoda
Shimpa melodrama
weak men, wronged women
Quota Act of 1927
cause for expansion of British film industry. distributors/exhibitors had to sell/show a certain percent of British films. production increased greatly, although many films were quota quickies
Quota Quickies
low-budget films produced quickly to meet Quota Act. training ground for directors and source of jobs during Depression
main British firms
Gaumont-British, British International Pictures (BIP)
Alexander Korda
a prominent Hungarian producer in Britain. started with quota quickies, switched to big-budget to crack American market.
got a contract with UA and made The Private Life of Henry. huge success, UA signed him for 16 more films
Japanese film industry in general
- achieved stability of HW
- output was high throughout Depression
- US films didn’t overshadow domestic product
shomin-geki
lower class
Yasujiro Ozu
opposite of Mizoguchi; comedies, editing, close framing
mythological film
Indian genre that takes its plot from legends or epics
devotional
Indian genre; religious biographical tale
Jean Vigo
the most promising young filmmaker in France in the 1930’s
influenced by Surrealism
Jean Renoir
the most significant director of 1930’s French films. made films influenced by Popular Front and directed La Vie est a nous
Poetic Realism
a tendency of French films of the 1930’s. centered around outcasts/chars at margin of society who suffer a lifetime of disappointment and find one last chance at true love. ultimately, they are disappointed and the films would often end with the main character’s death.
The Popular Front (La Vie est a nous, La Marseillaise)
a short-lived liberal party focusing on the worker’s plight following the Depression.
La Vie est a nous – campaign film
La Marseillaise – historical epic depicting French Revolution
COIC
organization created by gov in Vichy France to control film industry. harsh censorship and discrimination of Jews/removal from industry
The Blue Angel
- German film directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1930 starring Emil Jannings
- avoided multiple-camera shooting yet had excellent lip synchronization
- used realistically motivated offscreen sound
Rene Clair
- widely known French director with an international audience
- used sound in innovative ways (stretches of silence, sonic puns, and “wrong” sounds)
National Board of Censorship (year + renaming)
formed 1909, renamed National Board of Review in 1915
