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Postwar European Cinema: Neorealism and its Context: 1945-1959
Multiple Choice
1
Which of the following best characterizes the West German film industry in the years after World War II?
A)
American films were banned from the German market entirely
B)
the German industry was successful at exporting German films to other European countries
C)
American films dominated the German market
D)
the German market had approximately equal numbers of Hollywood and German films in distribution
2
Which of the following is not a strategy European governments used to counteract American domination of their film industries?
A)
imposing quotas on American films
B)
freezing funds American firms earned in European markets
C)
boycotting American cinema
D)
offering government subsidies for local production
3
What was the importance of film festivals as an institution supporting European cinema?
A)
they attracted foreign distribution for European films
B)
they promoted national film industries
C)
producers sought the economic advantages that accrued to prize-winning films
D)
all of the above
4
Which of the following characterizes the postwar European modernist cinema?
A)
tightly-plotted narratives
B)
open-ended narratives
C)
unrealistic narratives
D)
all of the above
5
What made Italian Neorealist films seem so realistic?
A)
location shooting
B)
critical examination of recent history
C)
engagement with contemporary social problems
D)
all of the above
6
What distinguishes Neorealist narratives from more typical, mainstream ones?
A)
non-linearity
B)
overly dramatic emphasis on important moments in the story
C)
all events are "flattened" to the same level of significance
D)
causal incoherence
7
Which Roberto Rossellini film of 1945 shocked viewers when its heroine, played by Anna Magnani, was killed half-way through?
A)
Paisan
B)
Voyage to Italy
C)
Bicycle Thieves
D)
Open City
8
Which Italian director combined an operatic style with sumptuous costumes and settings and a languid, pan-and-zoom camera technique?
A)
Roberto Rossellini
B)
Luchino Visconti
C)
Vittorio de Sica
D)
Michelangelo Antonioni
9
Which Italian director was known for his mix of secular humanism and modernist de-dramatization techniques such as "empty intervals"?
A)
Roberto Rossellini
B)
Luchino Visconti
C)
Vittorio de Sica
D)
Michelangelo Antonioni
10
Who were "B & B"?
A)
Spanish actors popular for their zany comedies
B)
the main characters of
Welcome, Mr. Marshall
(1951)
C)
two Spanish directors who made films influenced by Italian Neorealism
D)
Spanish officials responsible for the censorship of Neorealist-inspired films made in Spain in the 1950s
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