SMU International Film History Final || All Answers Are
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Haiffa Al-Mansour correct answers Saudi Arabian female director
late capitalism correct answers move into multi capital nations, you can get a big mac/coca cola
anywhere, sense of blurring national boundaries because industries will own everything, greed is
good, ex. You can get a coke anywhere
"Angry Young Man" School correct answers happens across art forms, talks about the plight of
the working class - instead of proper upper class, when Britain becomes an economic
powerhouse moves from being tied to angry young men and no one is angry anymore (more
celebratory)
Bruce Lee correct answers Golden Harvest puts him on the map as a star in martial arts films, his
fame helps Golden Harvest (distribution in U.S. theaters)
Anime correct answers Manga picture stories, comic books, popular literature, not as weird as
American comic books, Osama Tezuka was the grandfather of anime
Liberty Films correct answers christianity was a way to not feel so stuck in your position
Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost correct answers screenwriters, seen as major figures for the
tradition of quality - key artists of the films that they wrote
Living in Bondage (1992) correct answers triggered the whole of Nollywood, story of a young
man who was working hard but was not getting anywhere financially, so he joined a cult to make
money, it was such a huge success because it brought a legend to life
"auteur theory" correct answers "author theory", films can have an author - if you can legitimate
a filmmaker as an artist then it is art, develops in France, an auteur has a specific style you can
recognize the director by watching the movie
Manga correct answers form of picture stories, the most common way of thinking of them is as
comic books, popular literature
Andre Bazin correct answers founded Cahiers du cinema, key writers of what cinema is as an art
form, Francois Truffant, Jean Luc-Godard, Claude Chabrol - all hired by him to write for Cahiers
du cinema
masala film correct answers 1970s, India, in the Bollywood time period, mix of genres in one
work
Beijing Film Academy correct answers shut down in 1966 during cultural revolution because it's
teaching western ways, filmmaking stops while they figure out how to make non-western movies
, Mecha correct answers mechanical form of anime, involves fascination with machines,
technology, etc.
Ingmar Bergman correct answers directed Persona, born in 1918 to a stern lutheran minister
father, placed in closet for hours on end, kammerspiel - type of chamber theatre, small intimate,
amazed by his first play at 9, made own little plays with dolls, University of Stockholm,
scriptwriter and director, tax troubles and breakdown forces retirement from film directing, -
Stylistic motifs: silences and close-ups, crisp photography, character studies - focuses on key
characters and what is going on with them, looks at what gives life meaning, religion, medical
authority/science, family, art/imagination, Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Wild
Strawberries, The Virgin Spring, 3x Cannes winner, 5x Oscar nominee, 1941 writer, 1945
director
Melodrama correct answers the end as a twist, leaves the audience gasping, Marriage of Maria
Braun
Bollywood correct answers Bombay + Hollywood, epic, 3 hours long, appealing to international
audiences, mythologicals, masala film, song sequence funds the movie
Metteur-en-scene correct answers not every director is an auteur, some are just capable craftsmen
- directs traffic but does not have a vision
Cahiers du Cinema correct answers most important film journal, "Cinema Notebooks" , Andre
Bazin - founded this, Francois Truffant, Jean Luc-Godard, Claude Chabrol - all hired by Bazin to
write for it
Hayao Miyazaki correct answers major epic films that are international hits, stressed
environmental concerns, Oscar winners
CGI (computer-generated imagery) correct answers the growth of computer programs develops
through the 80s and gains momentum in the 90s, time/labor saving, set up algorithms and cranks
out animation, synergy
mono no aware correct answers the appreciation of the beauty of something specifically because
of it's transitory nature, Buddhist
Claude Chabrol correct answers worked for Cahiers du Cinema, 1950s, New Wave
Movietown correct answers Shaw brother's studio, tries to act as it's own little community
(places to sleep, fire department, etc.), make films around the clock, Raymond Chow, Golden
Harvest, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan correct answers possibly a follow up to Bruce Lee, early career is making movies in
the Bruce Lee mold, brings a lot of comedy to his star image, worked for Golden Harvest
