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Heather Williams
Jul 28, 2024
Name the Martin Scorsese film that utilized slow motion, stop-action, and black and white in order to highlight the brutality of violence.
A) Goodfellas
B) Taxi Driver
C) Raging Bull
D) The Wolf of Wall Street
A) Goodfellas
B) Taxi Driver
C) Raging Bull
D) The Wolf of Wall Street
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Faith Schier
Jul 28, 2024
Which of the following themes or styles were incorporated by Easy Rider, contributing to its unique success?
A) the teen biker picture
B) the French New Wave
C) documentary style
D) all of the above
A) the teen biker picture
B) the French New Wave
C) documentary style
D) all of the above
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Al-Tamash Ateeque
Jul 27, 2024
Describe the factors that led to the renovation of the Production Code Administration and the compromise that was ultimately struck.
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anaje leslie
Jul 27, 2024
What term best represents the economically and sexually emancipated woman found in most film noir?
A) amour fou
B) homme fatale
C) femme fatale
D) private dick
A) amour fou
B) homme fatale
C) femme fatale
D) private dick
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Nykia De'shai
Jul 27, 2024
Which 18th-century Enlightenment figure was also a pioneer in the field of art criticism, expressing a preference for naturalism in painting?
A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B) Voltaire
C) Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
D) Denis Diderot
A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B) Voltaire
C) Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
D) Denis Diderot
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Paige Boden
Jul 27, 2024
Which Howard Hawks film features Marilyn Monroe as a gold-digging showgirl?
A) Scarface
B) Sergeant York
C) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
D) Bringing Up Baby
A) Scarface
B) Sergeant York
C) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
D) Bringing Up Baby
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Anjelikka Hopkins
Jul 27, 2024
Which American auteur became synonymous with the western?
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) Orson Welles
C) Billy Wilder
D) John Ford
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) Orson Welles
C) Billy Wilder
D) John Ford
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Courtney Knisley
Jul 27, 2024
Which studio formed an alliance with the ABC television network and expanded into the amusement park business in the 1950s in order to diversify its holdings?
A) Universal
B) Warner Bros.
C) Disney
D) MGM
A) Universal
B) Warner Bros.
C) Disney
D) MGM
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Lynna Beans
Jul 27, 2024
Name the studio whose style was synonymous with sound, gritty realism, and gangster films.
A) Universal
B) MGM
C) Paramount
D) Warner Bros.
A) Universal
B) MGM
C) Paramount
D) Warner Bros.
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Vashdeo Persaud
Jul 27, 2024
Name the ethnographic filmmaker whose film Nanook of the North marked the birth of the documentary tradition.
A) John Grierson
B) Thomas Edison
C) Robert Flaherty
D) Josef von Sternberg
A) John Grierson
B) Thomas Edison
C) Robert Flaherty
D) Josef von Sternberg
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Harley Appenzeller
Jul 27, 2024
Hollywood talent were compelled to sign exclusive contracts with studios for which of the following reasons?
A) a steady paycheck and job security
B) career management via the option or adhesion contract
C) career longevity via typecasting
D) favorable merchandising rights
A) a steady paycheck and job security
B) career management via the option or adhesion contract
C) career longevity via typecasting
D) favorable merchandising rights
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Faith Mwasha
Jul 27, 2024
Define the business practices of the silent studio system.
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Hannah Gordon
Jul 27, 2024
Described as awe mixed with terror, the notion of the sublime had a role in which intellectual movement?
A) Realism
B) Positivism
C) Romanticism
D) Neoclassicism
A) Realism
B) Positivism
C) Romanticism
D) Neoclassicism
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Julie Boyer
Jul 27, 2024
Describe the Hollywood studio system in the 1930s and its main labor practices.
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