FILM NERDS
ADAM SANDLER
16MM
BFM RENTAL
SHORT TO FEATURE
100
This Kathryn Bigelow war drama was the first Best Picture directed by a woman.
What is The Hurt Locker
100
In this movie one of the characters asks "are you a fagale?"
You don't mess with the Zohan!
100
This 1974 horror classic about a cannibal family was shot entirely on 16mm.
What is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
100
This camera is called
BMPCC6k PRO
100
Before becoming a feature, this intense drama about a drummer and his brutal instructor began life as a short film.
What is Whiplash
200
This French term, meaning “placed on stage,” refers to the arrangement of everything visible in the film frame.
What is mise-en-scène
200
Before movies, Adam Sandler got his start as a cast member on this sketch comedy show.
SNL
200
Kevin Smith’s black-and-white indie comedy debut, filmed on 16mm.
What is Clerks
200
This lamp is also called?
Blondy
200
Adapted from a short stage piece titled In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, this film won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2017.
What is Moonlight
300
This Soviet montage theorist believed “collision” between shots creates new meaning.
Who is Sergei Eisenstein
300
This 2017 Noah Baumbach film cast Sandler alongside Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman as part of a dysfunctional family.
What is The Meyerowitz Stories
300
Director of Wrestler, Black Swan and The Whale debut film was a math-noir in gritty black-and-white 16mm.
What is Pi
300
This microphone is called?
Sennheiser MKE-600
300
Based on a viral short about a figure that only appears when the lights are off, this horror feature terrified audiences in 2016.
What is Lights Out
400
The Dogme 95 manifesto, started in Denmark in 1995, was launched by Lars von Trier and this director.
Who is Thomas Vinterberg
400
Adam Sandler founded this production company, behind most of his comedies.
What is Happy Madison Productions
400
Christopher Nolan’s very first feature, shot on weekends with friends on 16mm.
What is Following
400
This thing is called
Jumbo grip head
400
First a 1994 short, this quirky crime caper became the debut feature that introduced audiences to a filmmaking duo and their actor friends from Texas.
What is Bottle Rocket
500
This Italian director of L’Avventura is often credited with pioneering “slow cinema.”
Who is Michelangelo Antonioni
500
This film had Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Steve Buscemi voice acting.
What is Hotel Transylvania
500
Surrealist debut, made over several years on 16mm as a student film.
Eraserhead
500
This thing is called
Scrim
500
Expanded from a short called Peluca, this cult comedy follows an awkward teen with a love for dancing and tater tots.
What is Napoleon Dynamite