North American Cinema
Who directed Shadow of a Doubt?
Alfred Hitchcock
Who directed Bicycle Thieves?
Vittorio de Sica
Who directed A Peck on the Cheek?
Mani Ratnam
Who directed In the Mood for Love?
Wong Kar-Wai
Who directed Close Up?
Abbas Kiarostami
When was Mon Oncle Antoine made?
1971
What year was Breathless made?
1960
In what year was a Peck on the Cheek made?
2002
In what year was In the Mood for Love made?
2000
In what year was Close Up released?
1990
Aside from Young Charlie and Uncle Charlie, name two other characters from Shadow of a Doubt.
Joe - father
Emma - mother
Jack - detective/lover
Ann - little sister
Herb - Joe's friend
What is the general setting for the Bicycle Thieves?
The streets of postwar Rome.
Which two countries is A Peck on the Cheek set in?
India and Sri Lanka
When and where is In the Mood for Love set?
1960s Hong Kong
What is the name of the film director that Sabzian was trying to impersonate?
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Canadian cinema is often discussed in terms of which three branches of cinema?
English Canadian Cinema
French Canadian Cinema
First Nations Cinema
Jean luc Godard once joked by saying that you only need two things to make a movie: a __________ and a __________
"All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun."
The Bengali film auteur Satyajit Ray was strongly influenced by which national film movement?
Italian Neo-realism
the 1930s and the late 1940s
Which three Middle-Eastern countries have the largest film industries in terms of both production and consumption?
Turkey
Iran
Which government institution in Canada had a huge impact on the development of animation and documentary film?
The NFB (The National Film Board of Canada)
Give two reasons for the decline of neo-realist film in Italy.
1) Officials didn't like films to portray a negative image of Italy
2) Audiences wanted something more cheerful
3) Tastes changed & artists continued to experiment
4) Church and the left didn't like it due to its portrayal of clergy and its pessimism
What was the first Indian feature film from 1913 based on?
1896
It was based on Indian Mythology.
When and how did film begin to spread throughout rural China?
After the PRC was established in 1949, Mao's government sent state projectionists around the country to spread communist ideology.
Iranian films of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s are famous for blurring the lines between ____________ and _____________.
Reality and Fiction
Fiction and Documentary
Life and Poetry