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What kind of films earned large profits for the Hollywood studios in the 1960s?
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| | A) | historical epics
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| | B) | adaptations of Broadway musicals
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| | C) | lower-budget youthpics
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| | D) | all of the above
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What industrial transformation occurred in Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s?
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| | A) | some major studios stopped producing films entirely and turned instead to producing television programs
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| | B) | some major studios were forced to close due to the decline in movie-going
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| | C) | many of the major studios were bought by larger conglomerates
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| | D) | none of the above
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What stylistic innovation is credited to late-1960s films Bonnie and Clyde and The Wild Bunch?
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| | A) | fast cutting and slow motion for scenes of extreme violence
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| | B) | integration of full-length pop songs into otherwise silent scenes
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| | C) | harsh, ethnically inflected realism
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| | D) | soft focus
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Which of these was an important technological development in 1960s and 1970s Hollywood?
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| | A) | multi-track sound recording
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| | B) | the Steadicam
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| | C) | 70mm exhibition
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| | D) | all of the above
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Which of these films is not an example of American art cinema?
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| | A) | Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation |
| | B) | Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider |
| | C) | Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| | D) | Stephen Spielberg's Jaws |
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What was the significance of the cluster of films released in the early and mid-1970s that includes The Godfather, The Exorcist, Jaws, Rocky, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saturday Night Fever, and Star Wars? |
| | A) | they were the first films to have their broadcast rights sold to television networks |
| | B) | they earned unprecedented box office rental returns |
| | C) | they rejected the conventional stylistic and storytelling approach of classical Hollywood cinema |
| | D) | all of the above |
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What effect did the rise of blockbuster films have on Hollywood filmmaking?
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| | A) | major directors also became major producers
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| | B) | studios became less willing to let filmmakers experiment with plot, tone, and style
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| | C) | more sequels and series of films were produced
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| | D) | all of the above
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Of which film did Stephen Spielberg say that it marked the moment "when the world recognized the value of childhood"? |
| | A) | his own E.T. |
| | B) | George Lucas's American Graffiti |
| | C) | George Lucas's Star Wars |
| | D) | Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders |
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Which of these films does not represent the revival of an old Hollywood genre on a major scale?
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| | A) | Robert Altman's Nashville |
| | B) | William Friedkin's The Exorcist |
| | C) | Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| | D) | Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather |
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What is the relation of Martin Scorsese's work to film history?
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| | A) | Like George Lucas, Scorsese draws mainly upon old Hollywood genre traditions
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| | B) | Like Woody Allen in some films, Scorsese draws mainly upon European art cinema traditions
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| | C) | Scorsese is a unique filmmaker who claims to have seen few films and draws inspiration mainly from personal experience
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| | D) | Scorsese's films are influenced both by European cinema and by old Hollywood movies
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Which of the following is not an example of American independent cinema of the 1960s and 1970s?
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| | A) | John Cassavetes's Shadows |
| | B) | blaxploitation films
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| | C) | Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver |
| | D) | horror films aimed at teenagers
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education