Deck 17: International Cinema in the 1980s

Question 1

Japanese audiences became increasingly internationalized in the 80s especially enjoying films made in

A)Germany
B)Australia
C)China
D)America

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The place of women in Third World movies is

A)an oppressed individual.
B)earth goddess.
C)irrepressible artist.
D)successful businessperson.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The courageous Polish film that defied the Official Lie of government was

A)Man of Iron
B)Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
C)Mephisto
D)Pelle the Conqueror

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following comedic films was made in that most unlikely of countries West Germany in the 80s?

A)Sugarbaby
B)Men
C)neither of the above
D)both of the above

Question 5

One of the most popular forms of Japanese movies in the 1980s was

A)yakuza
B)buriko
C)animation
D)all of the above

Question 6

Third World filmmakers faced many problems in making movies,including

A)language
B)politics
C)Capital
D)all of the above

Question 7

British filmmaking in the 1980s combined films that,on the one hand,exhibited
class-consciousness and,on the other hand,showed an obsession with the 1950s.___

Question 8

Merchant-Ivory's Room with a View won American Academy Awards for

A)screenplay adaptation.
B)direction.
C)costumes.
D)all of the above

Question 9

The interesting fact about the British filmmaking tandem Merchant-Ivory is that neither is British - nor is their principal screenwriter.___

Question 10

Which of the following foreign directors has also found great success in American cinema?

A)Claude Berri
B)Percy Adlon
C)Paul Verhoeven
D)István Szabó

Question 11

Which of the following is true about Soviet cinema in the 80s?

A)Filmmakers where encouraged to make more commercial movie.
B)Many movies pandered to the public's escapist fantasies.
C)Filmmakers began to enjoy a new found artistic freedom.
D)all of the above

Question 12

Stephen Frears's movie making career was going nowhere until he teamed up with writer

A)Ruth Prawar Jhabvala
B)Hanif Kureshi
C)Neil Jordan
D)Chris Bernard

Question 13

The Cannes award-winning move "that demonstrates that all people [especially women] in the story are prisoners,as much of their own minds and values as of the state"
Is

A)Pixote
B)The Gods Must Be Crazy
C)Yol
D)The Hour of the Star

Question 14

Being from a naturally reserved culture,British filmmakers avoid the subject of sex at all costs in their films.___

Question 15

Which one of the following Eastern European countries was very "outspoken, individualistic,and obsessed with moral issues"?

A)Yugoslavia
B)Hungary
C)Romania
D)none of the above

Question 16

All of the following are characteristics of Spain's Pedro Almodóvar except?

A)is a gifted storyteller
B)loves to shock the bourgeoisie
C)mocks the stereotypes of Spanish machismo
D)employs a matter-of-fact surrealism
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Question 17

Which of the following is not true of British cinema in the 1980s?

A)continued to be characterized by a left wing-right wing split
B)was preoccupied by sex-of all kinds
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b

Question 18

All of the following are true of Scottish director Bill Forsyth's movies except

A)concocts rambling tales
B)uses non-actorish Scots
C)follows the grand British tradition
D)makes minimalist comedies

Question 19

What is true of the left-wing realist cinema of Great Britain in the 1980s as seen in movies like Mona Lisa?

A)set in the here and now
B)written directly for the screen
C)explored the implications of harsh social conditions
D)all of the above

Question 20

Which of the following styles is the style of choice among most Third World directors?

A)formalism
B)realism
C)classicism
D)none of the above
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Question 21

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Paul Verhoeven ___

Question 22

Of all the many problems film directors in Third World countries had to face in the 80s,politics was not one of them.___

Question 23

What is the character of the work of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar ?

Question 24

Paul Verhoeven has restricted his films to issues concerning life in the Netherlands (i.e.Holland).___
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Question 25

Realism is still the style of choice among Third World movie directors because,among other reasons,realism is cheaper.____

Question 26

Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar hs been favorably compared to the great Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali.___

Question 27

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Jamie Ulys ___

Question 28

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Ivan Szabó ____

Question 29

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Stephen Frears ___

Question 30

Under the Brezhnev regime in the Soviet Union,Soviet filmmakers began to make more accessible and commercial films.___

Question 31

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Yilmaz Güney ___

Question 32

Wealth and women,especially in the Third World,go hand in hand as is made clear in the Turkish film Yol.___

Question 33

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Juzo Itami ___

Question 34

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Pedro Almodóvar ___

Question 35

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Hugh Hudson ___

Question 36

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Claude Berri ___

Question 37

What was the character of the British film renaissance of the 80s?

Question 38

What was the meaning of the "New Model" idea in the Soviet bloc in the 80s as it related to movie making?

Question 39

Matching
a.My Beautiful Laundrette
b.Manon of the Spring
c.Yol
d.Pixote
e.The Fourth Man
f.Tampopo
g.Mephisto
h.The Gods Must Be Crazy
i.Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
j.Chariots of Fire
Hector Babenco ___

Question 40

The cinema of West Germany continued its dynamic growth in theme and technique in the 80s.___

Question 41

Why is realism the style preferred among filmmakers in the Third World in the 80s?
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Question 42

What qualities do the films of Netherlands director Paul Verhoeven possess that would make them popular with audiences?

Question 43

In what way(s)was the division/ tension between the Masterpiece Theatre-like filmmakers and the Kitchen Sink-like filmmakers beneficial or problematic?

Question 44

In what way(s)was the globalization/internationalization beneficial or problematic to filmmaking in general?

Question 45

Why did the movies of Poland and Hungary become intense examinations of various kinds of morality?