Reading 5: European Cinema-Part 2: French Realism (pre-WWII), Italian Neo-Realism (WWII) & post-war British psychological Drama

Question 1

Montage by attraction

Answer 1

Reinforcing meaning of one image by association with another image (comparison/metaphor)

Question 2

Grand Illusion incorporated

Answer 2

Mise-en-scene

Question 3

Grand Illusion about

Answer 3

Prisoners of WWI war

Question 4

Grand Illusion when?

Answer 4

Cusp of WWII

Question 5

Grand Illusion & war + WHY

Answer 5

About WHY we ended u in war and WHY those reasons are ridiculous

Question 6

Realism as word

Answer 6

PROBLEMATIC word, push/pull. evokes sense of realism though film is “fiction”

Question 7

What does editing do?

Answer 7

Directs us to meaning of film

Question 8

Mise-en-scene purpose in editing

Answer 8

Mise-en-scene LACKS editing, shifts us to picking meaning and where to focus our attention

Question 9

Social justice in Grand Illusion + where?

Answer 9

Class/Classicism + tradition in Europe

Question 10

Grand Illusion show scene

Answer 10

Crossdressing reminds soldiers of what they dont have in real life–real female companionship

Question 11

Editing Grand Illusion show scene uses (2)

Answer 11

Slow pan, few edits

Question 12

Grand Illusion search scene

Answer 12

Everyone is searched in room BUT aristocrat–Aristocrat Frenchmen asked why he wasn’t checked

Question 13

Secret attempt in grand illusion

Answer 13

2 manage to escape

Question 14

Where do escapees go?

Answer 14

Mountain cabin where they hit it off w/ German widow

Question 15

Quote that sums up Grand Illusion

Answer 15

“You cant see borders, they’re man-made”

Question 16

What’s ironic about Grand Illusion quote

Answer 16

Borders are what end up saving their lives (they make it into Switzerland)

Question 17

Reel used in Roma

Answer 17

Newsreel>lower quality

Question 18

Reel used in Roma

Answer 18

Newsreel>lower quality

Question 19

Shocker of Roma

Answer 19

Major character (fiance) killed, husband dragged off MORE REALISTIC than traditional film

Question 20

La Strada Dir.

Answer 20

Federico Fellini

Question 21

What type of film was La Strada?

Answer 21

Italian Neorealism

Question 22

La Strada Villain

Answer 22

ZAMPANO: Traveling strongman, despicable character

Question 23

Who does Gelsomina hit it off with?

Answer 23

Clown (first time anyone did this)

Question 24

Who does Zampano kill + realization?

Answer 24

Kills clown and realizes he loves Gelsomina

Question 25

Peeping Tom Director

Answer 25

Michael Powell

Question 26

Peeping Tom was end of

Answer 26

Powell's career

Question 27

Peeping Tom about

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Porn photographer/serial killer

Question 28

Who decoded Peeping Tom?

Answer 28

Feminist Theorists

Question 29

What is Peeping Tom REALLY about?

Answer 29

modern life & when tech. gets in b/w life and reality

Question 30

Voyeurism in Peeping Tom

Answer 30

Sadism

Question 31

Peeping Tom and camera

Answer 31

WE are camera, we are participating in murder

Question 32

What was Mark really interested in?

Answer 32

Not in killing but in feat at moment of death

Question 33

More of a tendency than a movement?

Answer 33

French Poetic Realism

Question 34

French Poetic realism theme

Answer 34

Characters who get last chance at love but ultimately are dissapointed

Question 35

Who did French poetic realism impact?

Answer 35

NEOREALISM

Question 36

Rather than stories italian neorealism featured ______ rather than stories

Answer 36

psychological problems

Question 37

Rather than stories italian neorealism featured ______ rather than stories

Answer 37

psychological problems

Question 38

Mise-en-scene often scene in this genre

Answer 38

Italian neorealism

Question 39

Italian Neorealism flowered after ______

Answer 39

Italy released restrictions from Mussolini's repression (i.e. prohibiting US films, etc.)

Question 40

Italian neorealism often shows

Answer 40

unjust/perverted social structures/WARPED basic human values

Question 41

Italian neorealist actors

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Unprofessional/not famous

Question 42

Rosselini BIG success

Answer 42

Roma cita aperta (Roma)

Question 43

_______ played big role in italian neorealism

Answer 43

children

Question 44

Bicycle Thieves by

Answer 44

De Sica

Question 45

Bicycle Thieves about

Answer 45

Hardships of working class life after war

Question 46

British Psychological Drama Response

Answer 46

Post war response to war & film styles of the time

Question 47

World of the British psych. drama

Answer 47

Post-war fantasy world to escape memory of war