Genres
War Films
Spy Films
Stars and Studios
History
100
In this phase of genre development, the genre is ridiculed for its absurdities, cliches, and inaccuracies.
What is parodic?
100
This is a common motif in war films.
(ANSWERS VARY)
100
This is a common motif in spy films.
ANSWERS VARY
100
This movement in the late 1960s through the 1970s emphasized grittier material and more director involvement.
What is the New Hollywood?
100
This was Hollywood's first power couple.
Who are Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford?
200
In this phase of genre development, the genre has not yet fully matured and developed its conventions.
What is the primitive phase?
200
Films from this war started to appear in the late 1970s and 1980s and include The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now.
What is Vietnam?
200
Early spy stories and films reflected this, the fear of foreigners.
What is xenophobia?
200
Fox, RKO, Warners, Paramount, and MGM comprised this.
What is the Big Five?
200
The first black actor to win any Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind?
300
This is a film genre that fuses two or more genres together.
What is a hybrid?
300
This promotes a political point of view and is often biased, excluding unfavorable information.
What is propaganda?
300
This is an object (briefcase, microfilm) important to the characters, but one the audience may never discover.
What is the MacGuffin?
300
This court case ended the vertical monopolies held by the studios.
What is the United States v. Paramount, 1948?
300
Most filmmakers consider this the foundation of any great film.
What is the screenplay?
400
This genre phase "checks all the boxes" and is the height of the genre's popularity.
What is the classical phase?
400
Frank Capra directed this series showing the conflict in Europe during WWII in an effort to get Americans into the war.
What is the Why We Fight series?
400
This subgenre developed in the mid 1960s as a response to (and often a parody of) the Bond films.
What is the eurospy genre?
400
This law prevented studios from enforcing contracts for more than 7 calendar years.
What is the Olivia de Havilland Law?
400
This is a major film release event with widespread marketing, endorsement deals, and product licensing. Usually spawns lesser sequels.
What is a blockbuster?
500
In this phase, the genre revisits its themes and subverts them to highlight inaccuracies and stereotypes.
What is the revisionist phase?
500
The earliest war films were short documentaries of this war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
500
This actor has caused quite a ruckus over who should be the next James Bond.
Who is Idris Elba?
500
This is one the aspects of a star's persona.
What is film, promotion, publicity, and criticism?
500
This is the phrase used by the Library of Congress when selecting films for preservation.
What is historically, culturally, and aesthetically significant.
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