The evolution of filmmaking.

Note: Just the answer it is multiple choice questions

QUESTION 1

The highest-grossing 90s movie was

a.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

b.
Jurassic Park

c.
Titanic

d.
The Lion King

e.
Toy Story 2

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QUESTION 2

Busby Berkeley's movies were an elaboration of the format.

a.
Astaire and Rogers

b.
Warner Bros. studio

c.
Broadway

d.
sketch

e.
revue

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QUESTION 3

An early predominant theme in The Jazz Singer is

a.
show business vs. community

b.
high culture vs. popular culture

c.
hierarchy vs. talent

d.
psychology vs. culture

e.
restraint vs. energy

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QUESTION 4

Top Hat could be seen as a legitimate precursor to the naturalism of Singin' in the Rain by introducing

a.
elaborate choreography

b.
an elitist context of a cruise ship

c.
a stylized abstract patterning

d.
a psychological element

e.
endearing musical lyrics like "Cheek to Cheek"

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QUESTION 5

As the Top Hat sequence progresses, the spatial environment of the dancers becomes increasingly

a.
contained

b.
cultural

c.
exotic

d.
social

e.
private

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QUESTION 6

The 90s saw a continuation of the trend of major blockbuster success except

a.
The Sixth Sense

b.
Hook

c.
Gladiator

d.
Mrs. Doubtfire

e.
Men in Black

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QUESTION 7

Continuing the themes of the 70s and 80s, 1990s African-American filmmaking included all except

a.
Marco Bramilla's Demolition Man

b.
John Singleton's Boyz N The Hood

c.
the Hughes brothers' Dead Presidents

d.
Spike Lee's biopic Malcolm X

e.
Allen and Albert Hughes' Menace II Society

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QUESTION 8

Berkeley's staging in the lecture clip typically moves from theatrical to

a.
uniform

b.
abstract

c.
individuated

d.
collaborative

e.
compelling

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QUESTION 9

The category of distinctive, independent, low-budget, non-mainstream 90s films would not include

a.
Before Sunrise about an overnight budding romance in Vienna

b.
the painfully realistic black comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse

c.
the deadpan comedy cult film Clerks

d.
an offbeat western Dead Man with Johnny Depp

e.
the graphically violent and compelling Goodfellas

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QUESTION 10

Busby Berkeley's visionary and exaggerated form of filmmaking

a.
is a logical progression of the audiovisual form and plots of early 30s musicals

b.
is not referenced in Singin' in the Rain

c.
is unrelated to audiovisual experience and plot

d.
severs an audiovisual experience from plot

e.
reconciles an audiovisual experience from plot

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QUESTION 11

The 90s trend of serious complex innovative filmmaking contained all except

a.
Chuck Russell's adventure/fantasy/comedy The Mask

b.
The Player, Robert Altman's dark comedy about the movie business

c.
Oliver Stone's controversial study of mass murder, Natural Born Killers

d.
Wag the Dog, Barry Levinson's political satire

e.
Steven Soderberg's stylistic black-and-white Kafka

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QUESTION 12

The main cause of the decline of the musical was because

a.
the studio system was breaking down and losing captive audiences

b.
the musical was a distinctive expression of the Hollywood studio era

c.
their optimism expressed a certain value or perspective that illuminated the entertainment industry

d.
its exuberance and optimism were pre-war values

e.
of their reluctance to deal with political and social questions

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QUESTION 13

Kubrick's psychosexual final film featured

a.
Ashley Judd in the sleeper film Ruby in Paradise

b.
Anais Nin's explicit memoirs in Henry and June

c.
Woody Harrelson in The People Vs. Larry Flynt

d.
Sharon Stone in the erotic investigative thriller Basic Instinct

e.
Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut

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QUESTION 14

The features of 2000s semi-offensive R-rated comedies would not include

a.
bromances

b.
prurient films

c.
retooled romcoms

d.
enigmatic cult favorites

e.
profanity, sex and nudity

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QUESTION 15

Which does not belong in this 2000s cluster?

a.
Hulu

b.
smart phones

c.
flat screens

d.
DVDs

e.
floppy disks

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QUESTION 16

The Western emerged as a central form of in American cinema and society.

a.
dichotomy

b.
consensus narrative

c.
storytelling

d.
antinarrative

e.
imagery

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QUESTION 17

The impact of the gunfight in McCabe & Mrs. Miller comes from understanding its overall within the Western genre.

a.
parameters

b.
symmetry

c.
uniqueness

d.
context

e.
ideology

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QUESTION 18

On a mythological level, every Western is essentially a

a.
conquest

b.
founding story

c.
frontier settlement story

d.
battle

e.
drama

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QUESTION 19

Both the format of the movies and the content of Westerns were mutually

a.
individuated

b.
indifferent

c.
complementary

d.
inappropriate

e.
exclusive

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QUESTION 20

The "real" West from 1860-1890 encompassed all these events except

a.
genocide against Native Americans

b.
The Virginian

c.
the laying of the transcontinental railroad

d.
the Civil War

e.
the California and Dakota gold rushes

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QUESTION 21

McCabe & Mrs. Miller comes the consensus dispensation on Westerns.

a.
before

b.
during

c.
after

d.
simultaneous with

e.
unrelated to

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QUESTION 22

All these were impactful international films of the 2000s except

a.
Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

b.
Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

c.
Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima

d.
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ

e.
Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth

0.2 points

QUESTION 23

The studio that produced the greatest number of animated movies in the 2000s was

a.
IMAX

b.
DreamWorks

c.
Disney

d.
Pixar

e.
Square Pictures

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QUESTION 24

Which is not a dichotomy inherent in Westerns?

a.
frontier settlers vs. Conestoga wagons

b.
civilization vs. savagery

c.
the desiccated East vs. the authentic West

d.
community vs. the individual

e.
culture vs. nature

0.2 points

QUESTION 25

Which of these was not a feature of recycling 2000s horror films?

a.
no big-name actors

b.
unprofitable genre franchises

c.
attractive to large audiences

d.
disliked by critics

e.
low-cost budgets

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