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

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

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Montage by attraction

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

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Grand Illusion incorporated

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Mise-en-scene

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Grand Illusion about

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Prisoners of WWI war

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Grand Illusion when?

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Cusp of WWII

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5
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Grand Illusion & war + WHY

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

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Realism as word

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

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7
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What does editing do?

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Directs us to meaning of film

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Mise-en-scene purpose in editing

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

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9
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Social justice in Grand Illusion + where?

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Class/Classicism + tradition in Europe

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Grand Illusion show scene

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

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11
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Editing Grand Illusion show scene uses (2)

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Slow pan, few edits

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12
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Grand Illusion search scene

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

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13
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Secret attempt in grand illusion

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2 manage to escape

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Where do escapees go?

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Mountain cabin where they hit it off w/ German widow

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Quote that sums up Grand Illusion

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

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What’s ironic about Grand Illusion quote

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

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17
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Reel used in Roma

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Newsreel>lower quality

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18
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Reel used in Roma

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Newsreel>lower quality

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Shocker of Roma

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

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La Strada Dir.

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Federico Fellini

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What type of film was La Strada?

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Italian Neorealism

22
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La Strada Villain

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ZAMPANO: Traveling strongman, despicable character

23
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Who does Gelsomina hit it off with?

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Clown (first time anyone did this)

24
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Who does Zampano kill + realization?

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Kills clown and realizes he loves Gelsomina

25
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Peeping Tom Director

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Michael Powell

26
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Peeping Tom was end of

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Powell’s career

27
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Peeping Tom about

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Porn photographer/serial killer

28
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Who decoded Peeping Tom?

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Feminist Theorists

29
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What is Peeping Tom REALLY about?

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

30
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Voyeurism in Peeping Tom

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Sadism

31
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Peeping Tom and camera

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WE are camera, we are participating in murder

32
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What was Mark really interested in?

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Not in killing but in feat at moment of death

33
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More of a tendency than a movement?

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French Poetic Realism

34
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French Poetic realism theme

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Characters who get last chance at love but ultimately are dissapointed

35
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Who did French poetic realism impact?

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NEOREALISM

36
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Rather than stories italian neorealism featured ______ rather than stories

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psychological problems

37
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Rather than stories italian neorealism featured ______ rather than stories

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psychological problems

38
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Mise-en-scene often scene in this genre

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Italian neorealism

39
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Italian Neorealism flowered after ______

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

40
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Italian neorealism often shows

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unjust/perverted social structures/WARPED basic human values

41
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Italian neorealist actors

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Unprofessional/not famous

42
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Rosselini BIG success

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Roma cita aperta (Roma)

43
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_______ played big role in italian neorealism

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children

44
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Bicycle Thieves by

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De Sica

45
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Bicycle Thieves about

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Hardships of working class life after war

46
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British Psychological Drama Response

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Post war response to war & film styles of the time

47
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World of the British psych. drama

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Post-war fantasy world to escape memory of war

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