C1SB Contemporary American Film: Get Out & LLL

Question 1

Name the opening songs in both films

Answer 1

Run Rabbit Run & Another Day of Sun

Question 2

Who says ‘You were one of my favourites’?

Answer 2

Rose after Chris has been sent to the Sunken Place for the second time.

Question 3

What is Logan’s real name? What was his job?

Answer 3

Andre - he was a jazz musician!

Question 4

Who is Jim Hudson?

Answer 4

The gallery owner who successfully bids for Chris (and especially his eyes!)

Question 5

‘We do use focal points sometimes to guide someone to a state of heightened suggestibility.’ What’s the focal point?

Answer 5

Teaspoon and cup

Question 6

What is the significance of the material that Chris picks out of the chair?

Answer 6

It’s cotton, the crop most associated with slavery.

Question 7

‘Behold, the Coagula!’ But what is it exactly?

Answer 7

The procedure by which (old) white people’s brains are placed inside younger, fitter black bodies e.g. Walter, Logan & Georgina.

Question 8

Which song does Mia request at the garden party before she has her first proper encounter with Seb?

Answer 8

I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls

Question 9

What’s the name of Keith’s new jazz combo?

Answer 9

The Messengers

Question 10

Give Three reasons why Mia might be considered a relatively passive character

Answer 10

1. She creates her one woman show because Seb encourages her to do so.
2. She goes to the final audition only because Seb forces her to.
3. She spends so much time watching Seb perform, whereas he never does the same for her.
   S&C: How could you argue the reverse?

Question 11

In what ways can LLL be considered a tribute to Hollywood?

Answer 11

1. Location
2. It’s a musical
3. The numerous intertextual references

Question 12

Identify one key way in which Get Out supports the idea of the passive spectator.

Answer 12

The cueing of an immediate emotional response via jump scares - created using a short duration shot and music.

Question 13

Where is Mia from?

Answer 13

Boulder City, Nevada

Question 14

What is ‘Chicken on a Stick?

Answer 14

The name of the club Seb wants to open. Named after jazz legend Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, who got the name from his love of chicken.
Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Parker biopic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUPYre_9i-M

Question 15

What is Rose consuming as she searches for more victims while Chris is in the basement?

Answer 15

Milk and Froot Loops - there’s a theory about this here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-get-out-milk-horror-jordan-peele-allison-williams-20170301-story.html