2015 Cinema History Exam 2

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Director of An American In Paris

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Vincente Minnelli

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Producer of An American In Paris

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Arthur Freed

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The Dupy Duplicator

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-Invented by O.L. Dupy

-enabled electronic control of camera

-allowed compositing of moving camera shots w/matte paintings

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Cinematographer of An American in Paris

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John Alton

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5 Major Hollywood Studios

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-Paramount

-Warner Bros

-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

-20th Century Fox

-RKO

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3 Small Hollywood Studios

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-Republic

-Monogram

-PRC (Producers Releasing Corp)

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Major studios were ________ integrated:

-Production

-Distribution

-Exhibition

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Vertically

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Classical Hollywood production output:

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40-60 features a year (per studio)

60% of industry output

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In 1945, ___% of box office generated at first run houses

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70%

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In 1945, there were how many theaters?

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-18,000 (Major studios own 3000)

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Associate producers in Hollywood

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-make approx. 6 films/yr

-match stars/scripts together

-supervises production

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Top Directors in Hollywood

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-John Ford

-Alfred Hitchcock

-Howard Hawks

-Frank Capra

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Popular genres in Hollywood

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-Gangsters

-War

-Noir

-Western

-Musicals

-Horror

-Drama

-Swashbuckler

-Screwball

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When did construction of Cinecitta Studios begin?

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1936

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Details of Cinecitta studios:

-# of sound stages

-sq footage

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-16 sound stages

-53,000 ft for exteriors

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When did production in Cinecitta Studios begin?

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1937

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How many productions were released from Cinecitta?

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80 films/yr (doubling current rate)

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White Telephone Films

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American style romantic comedies

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Cesare Zavattini

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Marxist screenwriter/founder of neo-realism

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Neo Realism called for what?

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-abolishing contrived plots

-avoiding pro actors

-avoiding ornamented camerawork/editing

-using real locations

-portrayed ordinary people

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Umberto Barbaro

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-Film critic and lecturer at the Centro Sperimtale

-Published article coining the term neo-realism

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Obssesione

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First neorealist movie, but never seen overseas

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Director/ Year of Obssesione

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Luchino Visconte, 1943

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Open City

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First Neo-realist move seen abroad

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Director/ Year of Open City

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Roberto Rossellini, 1945

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Director/ Year of Hiroshima Mon Amour

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Alain Resnais, 1959

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Director/ Year of The 400 Blows

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Francois Truffaut, 1959

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Director/ Year of Breathless

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Jean-Luc Godard, 1960

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3 main French New Wave movies

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-Hiroshima Mon Amour

-The 400 Blows

-Breathless

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Character that Truffaut chronicled through his movies?

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Antoine Doinel (played by Jean Pierre)

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Agnes Varda

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French New Wave Female director

-directed Cleo from 5 to 7

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Origins of French New Wave (2 things)

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-Le Camera Stylo (1948)

-Cahiers du Cinema (1951)

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Who wrote Le Camera Stylo?

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Alexandre Astrue

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What does "Le Camera Stylo" argue?

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That cinema should be more artistic and use the medium similar to how writers and painters do

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What is "Le Camera Stylo"?

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A manifesto/ mission statement for French New Wave

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What is the Cahiers du Cinema?

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a french film magazine

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Who cofounded the Cahiers du Cinema?

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Andre Bazin

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When was Le Camera Stylo written?

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1948

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When was Cahiers du Cinema founded?

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1951

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Director of Breathless

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Jean-Luc Godard

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Cinematographer of Breathless

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Rauol Coutard

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Roland Tolmatchoff

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actor in Une Femme Coquette (Goddard's short film before he went into features)

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Cahiers du Cinema stressed what?

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Realist tendencies (deep focus & long take

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How many volumes was Cahiers du Cinema?

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2 volumes

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People affiliated with Cahiers

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-Francois Truffaut

-Jean-Luc Godard

-Claude Chabrol

-Jacques Rivette

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Henri Langlois

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-Curator of the Cinematheque Francaise (film archive)

-Helped establish critical self consciousness about cinema between directors

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Truffaut as critic wrote ____?

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"A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema"

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What did "A Certain Tendency of French Cinema" attack?

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studio bound films dependent on plot & dialogue

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What did "A Certain Tendency of French Cinema" proclaim?

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Cahier's "policy of authors"

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what did Cahier's "Policy of Authors" say?

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-the director is an author/creator

-Unity of theme & visual style across a body of films marks an auteur

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Hollywood "Auteur's"

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-Hitchcock

-John Ford

-Howard Hanks

-Frank Capra

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Weaknesses of Auteurism

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-Takes credit away from other people who worked on film

-discredits directors who change styles per movie

-doesn't account for errors of intent

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what are errors of intent

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style doesn't always have meaning, but people will analyze it anyway

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New wave stylistic features (5 things)

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-cinematic self-consciousness

-lightweight cameras

-fast film stock

-portable/ high power lights

-permit location shooting

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Director of Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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Jacques Demy

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Director of Lola

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Jacques Demy

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Umbrellas of Cherbourg, year

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1964