Question 1
As part of a decision handed down in 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Hollywood Majors to divest themselves of their ______.
a. theater chains
b. talent agencies
c. distribution firms
d. studio spaces
Question 2
1 Although the Paramount Decision opened the door for increased independent film production, independent filmmakers were generally still dependent upon the eight established Hollywood studios for ______ of their films.
Question 3
Hollywood studios capitalized on the emergence of television in all of the following ways EXCEPT through ______.
a. selling the TV rights to their film libraries
b. creating and producing television programs
c. purchasing the broadcast networks
d. renting out their production facilities to independent producers
Question 4
Some films produced by independent companies were nicknamed "exploitation pictures" because ______.
a. they were typically made abroad using cheap, nonunion labor
b. they supposedly demeaned the talents of the personnel involved in their production
c. theaters raised ticket prices even though the films were made on average budgets
d. they cashed in on topical or sensational subjects that could be "exploited"
Question 5
The main target of the 1947 HUAC hearings was screenwriters.
True
False
Question 6
Bi Bicycle Thieves (1948), perhaps the most influential film of the Neorealist trend, was directed by ______.
a. Luchino Visconti
b. Vittorio De Sica
c. Cesare Zavattini
d. Roberto Rossellini
Question 7
The Italian Neorealist filmmakers often used non-actors in central roles.
True
False
Question 8
The film that introduced Japanese cinema to Western audiences when it won the Golden Lion award at the 1951 Venice Film Festival is ______.
Question 9
Auteurism primarily credits the screenwriter as the "author" of a film.
True
False
Question 10
French critics writing in the early issues of Cahiers du cinéma praised those European and American directors who ______ as opposed to being merely "stagers."
a. earned "final cut" privileges
b. starred in their own films
c. independently produced and distributed their scripts
d. wrote or controlled their scriptsQuestion 11
Question 11
The American film critic who brought the "auteur theory" to the U.S. was ______.
Question 12
Box office in European countries didn't generally start to decline until the late 1950s. However, as in the U.S., a big factor in this downward spiral was the industry's slowness to _______.
a. adopt new technologies such as color and widescreen
b. make more films with older stars for older, more-affluent audiences
c. cater to the growing youth market
d. release more films each yearQuestion 13
Question 13
The most widely acclaimed talent to come to prominence in the postwar period and the most influential Asian director in history was ______.
Question 14
1 Many French New Wave films were ______.
a. low-budget, made quickly, and shot silently and dubbed in postproduction (eliminating the need for a sound recording crew during production)
b. shot on location
c. made using portable equipment, little known actors, and small crews
d. All of the above
Question 15
Italian Neorealism (1945-1951) and the French New Wave (1959-1964) had little impact on Hollywood filmmaking.
True
False
Question 16
Name one of the two most important directors of the French New Wave.
Question 17
The style of acting embraced by many younger stars of the 1950s requires the actor to ground each performance in personal experience. This style is called ______.