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1
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Who Directed Bicycle Thieves?

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Vittorio De Sica

2
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When did Bicycle Thieves come out?

A

1948

3
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When did Rashomon come out?

A

1950

4
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Who Directed Rashomon?

A

Akira Kurasowa

5
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When did Cleo from 5 to 7 come out?

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1962

6
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Who directed Cleo from 5 to 7?

A

Agnes Varda

7
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When did Ali: Fear Eats the Soul come out?

A

1974

8
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Who directed Ali: Fear Eats the Soul?

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R.W. Fassbinder

9
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Who were the two groups of French filmmakers?

A

1) Cathiers du Cinema

2) Left Bank

10
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Who were some prominent Cathiers du Cinema?

A

Goddard and Truffant

11
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What did French New Wave focus on?

A

Young, complex spontaneous characters in contemporary situations

12
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What did the French New Wave often ignore?

A

The lingering affects of WWII

13
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What is Cinema veritae?

A

Realism in movies

14
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How did French cinema’s writing reflect realism?

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Unset scripts and encourages improvization

15
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What are some styles of the French New Wave?

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Disjunctive editing and Nonlinear narrative

16
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What did Goddard insist on?

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Sound shot simultaneously with image

17
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What was the relationship between French New Wave and American cinema?

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French defended it, even B films

18
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What did the Auteur Theory accomplish?

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Gave more attention to film style
Awarded critical attention to forgotten cinema
Brought cinephiles and critics together

19
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What were the Left Bank Directors?

A

French Directors that cared more about politics and historical memory than the Cathiers
Mostly began their careers as documentarians

20
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What was the significance of Langlois’ Cinematheque Francaise?

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Collection of films and a film school that educated French New Wave directors, many of the films were hidden from the Nazis

21
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Who were the German New Wave Directors?

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Filmmakers that grew up around WWII in a split Germany

22
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What was “Economic Miracle”?

A

Economic prosperity in Germany in the 1950’s that led to the film culture being dominated by Hollywood

23
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What were the “Homeland Films”?

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Sentimental escapist films based on German literature or rural life

24
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Who was RW Fassbinder?

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German New Wave director who:
Openly gay
Embraced "Ugly German" stereotype
Made films incredibly quickly
Died at 37 from drug overdose
25
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Who did RW Fassbinder focus on in his films?

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Opressed/Marginal groups that were ignored by the “Economic Miracle”

26
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What did RW Fassbinder try to do in his films?

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Jolt audiences out of passivity with “alienation effects” to activate audience’s political conscious

27
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How did RW Fassbinder differ from Bertolt Brecht?

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Wanted films to make the audience both think and feel

28
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What did RW Fassbinder with mainstream styles?

A

Critique mainstream from within instead of avoiding outright

29
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What are some of the hallmarks of Italian Neo Realism?

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About ordinary things
Used ametuer actors
Focused on class structure and moral consciousness
Loose, episodic plots

30
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What is the problem with Italian Neo Realism as a genre?

A

The definitions are pretty loose, a wide range of films fall into the genre

31
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Who was Andre Bazin?

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“Founding Father” of Academic film studies
First critic to acknowledge “modern cinema”
French, but huge for commenting on Italian Neorealism

32
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What are Jidai-Geki films?

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Japanese films, typically set in the Edo-era, that featured feudalism and samurai

33
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Who was Yasujiro Ozu?

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Japanese director that made domestic melodramas that engaged modernization/reconstructionism

34
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What are Shomin Geki films?

A

Domestic melodramas

35
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What are some of Yasujiro Ozu’s trademarks?

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Low, fixed camera
Visual symmetry and parallels
Fluid, graceful camera work
Exquisitely controlled mise en scene