Impressionism
Russian Film Efforts
Jean Epstein
Marcel L'Herbier
Naturalism
100
This 1923 film had rapid, rhythmic editing that was conventionally employed to convey drunkenness, illness, fits of insanity, and so on.
What is "La Roue"?
100
This group forced countless Russians from their homeland and served as the inspiration for the film Black Crows.
Who are The Bolsheviks?
100
By making great films from these two cinematic approaches, Epstein set himself apart from most other directors of the period.
What are Pictorialism and Impressionism?
100
This 1929 film was L’Herbier’s final contribution to the silent film era.
What is "L'Argent"?
100
This person was most directly responsible for the Pictorialist Naturalism Movement.
Who is André Antoine?
200
This person thought that the fundamental aesthetic problem of impressionist cinema was its dualism.
Who is Germaine Dulac?
200
The activities of ______________ helped establish the Russian Film Industry which later began to flourish during World War I.
What is The French Film Companies?
200
Thanks to Paul Lafitte, this 1922 docu-drama served as Epstein’s directorial debut.
What is "Pasteur"?
200
This 1924 film involved unstable characters that called the narrative into question instead of strengthening it.
What is "L'Inhumaine" ("The New Enchantment")?
200
The absence of these caused many pictorial naturalists to shoot their films on location.
What are Studio Facilities?
300
He constructed a model (or paradigm) of the stylistic means typically employed in cinematic impressionism.
Who is David Bordwell?
300
This Frenchman was one of the most notable supporters of Russian filmmakers.
Who is Louis Delluc?
300
Richard Able argues that Epstein reached an aesthetic and philosophical impasse in this 1928 film.
What is "La Chute de la Maison Usher"?
300
This 1919 film was a mixture of fin-de-siècle symbolism and nationalist propaganda.
What is "Rose-France"?
300
These two filmmakers often argued about plot scenarios, while __________ believed cinema should find its subjects from works of drama and fiction, ____________ felt that the cinema should be reserved for original scenarios.
Who are André Antoine and Louis Delluc?
400
Abel Gance altered the concept of film editing by cutting to the expressions of this person rather than to the expressions of the actors/characters.
Who is The Director?
400
As one of Ermoliev's strongest assets in the industry, This actor would quickly become one of the biggest French cinema stars of the 1920s.
Who is Ivan Mosjoukine?
400
In Epstein’s 1923 film Coeur Fidèle, this sequence quickly became an accepted classic of cinematic impressionism.
What is The Merry-Go-Round Sequence?
400
In the film El Dorado, this type of “image” is created when Eve Francis appears out-of-focus while the women sitting around her are in-focus.
What is a Semi-Subjective Image?
400
As one of the last great early cinema pictorialists, this filmmaker would become notable for his use of beautiful landscapes in films such as "Maldone" and "Gardiens de phare" ("The Lighthouse Keepers").
Who is Jean Grémillon?
500
This intellectual construct, penned by Maurice Barrès, led cinematic impressionists to write fictional characters that came from all reaches of life.
What is Culte du Moi ("Cult of the Self")?
500
This 1923 film was written by, co-directed by, and starred actor Ivan Mosjoukine.
What is "Le Brasier Ardent" ("The Fiery Furnace")?
500
In 1924, Epstein left the Pathé-Consortium for this company where he directed actors Mosjoukine and Lissenko in "Le Lion des Moglos".
What is The Albatros Company?
500
In France’s efforts to win WWI, L’Herbier was assigned to this organization.
What is The French Army's Cinema Services?
500
Naturalism stressed the ways in which human beings are shaped by their ________ and _________ environments.
What are Social and Physical?
M
e
n
u