FILM EXAM 3 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Hollywood's objective in Europe following the end of World War II was to: - ANS Make each
country's domestic industry strong enough to support the large-scale distribution of American
films.
West Germany's "economic miracle" of the early 1950s did not help reestablish an
internationally competitive German cinema, primarily because: - ANS Hollywood controlled a
large part of German distribution and was permitted to use blind- and block-booking tactics
already outlawed in the U.S.
The Italian Neorealist filmmakers often used non-actors in central roles, in the manner of:
A) German Expressionism.
B) Classical Hollywood filmmaking.
C) French Poetic Realism.
D) Soviet Montage. - ANS D) Soviet Montage
Faithfulness to objective reality was reflected in the style of Italian Neorealist films in all of the
following ways except: - ANS Using point-of-view shots to represent what characters actually
see
The influence of French Impressionism and German Expressionism was often evident in Italian
Neorealist films' representations of:
A) Objective reality.
B) Exterior settings.
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, C) Sound recording.
D) Subjective reality. - ANS D) Subjective reality
The phrase "Italian Spring" refers to: - ANS The rebirth of Italy based on ideas implemented
by a coalition government of left-liberal Italian parties
The Bicycle Thief, perhaps the most influential film of the Neorealist trend, was directed by:
A) Luchino Visconti
B) Roberto Rossellini
C) Cesare Zavattini
D) Vittorio De Sica - ANS D) Vittorio De Sica
Italy's Andreotti Law of 1949 effectively created preproduction film censorship by: -
ANS Providing loans to production firms that submitted film scripts with an apolitical slant.
The term "rosy Neorealism" refers to films that melded working-class characters with:
A) The populist comedy.
B) The diva genre.
C) The religious spectacle.
D) The strongman adventure. - ANS A) The populist comedy.
Italian Neorealist films were typically edited in a manner based on:
A) Eisenstein's theories of intellectual montage.
B) The purely rhythmic relations between shots.
C) The norms of the classical Hollywood style.
D) Alternating graphic matches with graphic contrast. - ANS C) The norms of the classical
Hollywood style.
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ANSWERS
Hollywood's objective in Europe following the end of World War II was to: - ANS Make each
country's domestic industry strong enough to support the large-scale distribution of American
films.
West Germany's "economic miracle" of the early 1950s did not help reestablish an
internationally competitive German cinema, primarily because: - ANS Hollywood controlled a
large part of German distribution and was permitted to use blind- and block-booking tactics
already outlawed in the U.S.
The Italian Neorealist filmmakers often used non-actors in central roles, in the manner of:
A) German Expressionism.
B) Classical Hollywood filmmaking.
C) French Poetic Realism.
D) Soviet Montage. - ANS D) Soviet Montage
Faithfulness to objective reality was reflected in the style of Italian Neorealist films in all of the
following ways except: - ANS Using point-of-view shots to represent what characters actually
see
The influence of French Impressionism and German Expressionism was often evident in Italian
Neorealist films' representations of:
A) Objective reality.
B) Exterior settings.
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, C) Sound recording.
D) Subjective reality. - ANS D) Subjective reality
The phrase "Italian Spring" refers to: - ANS The rebirth of Italy based on ideas implemented
by a coalition government of left-liberal Italian parties
The Bicycle Thief, perhaps the most influential film of the Neorealist trend, was directed by:
A) Luchino Visconti
B) Roberto Rossellini
C) Cesare Zavattini
D) Vittorio De Sica - ANS D) Vittorio De Sica
Italy's Andreotti Law of 1949 effectively created preproduction film censorship by: -
ANS Providing loans to production firms that submitted film scripts with an apolitical slant.
The term "rosy Neorealism" refers to films that melded working-class characters with:
A) The populist comedy.
B) The diva genre.
C) The religious spectacle.
D) The strongman adventure. - ANS A) The populist comedy.
Italian Neorealist films were typically edited in a manner based on:
A) Eisenstein's theories of intellectual montage.
B) The purely rhythmic relations between shots.
C) The norms of the classical Hollywood style.
D) Alternating graphic matches with graphic contrast. - ANS C) The norms of the classical
Hollywood style.
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