1. Merchant Ivory is (a) A venture capital firm responsible for financing many “
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1. Merchant Ivory is
(a) A venture capital firm responsible for financing many “independent” films in the 1980s and 1990s
(b) An indie filmmaking team of the 1980s known for their DOWNTON ABBEY-like British literary adaptations
(c) A flamboyant action director of the 1970s, beloved by Quentin Tarantino
(d) None of the above
2. DE DUVA is
(a) An experimental film from the “structuralist” school of filmmaking in the 1970s
(b) A parody of a Werner Herzog film
(c) A parody of an Ingmar Bergman film
(d) An indie film from the 1990s featuring a disabled boy who raises birds
3. FAHRENHEIT 451, while not one of Truffaut’s best films, is notable for
(a) Its primitive use of digital special effects
(b) Its stunning lead performance by an aging Marlon Brando
(c) It being an adaptation of a Harlan Ellison novel
(d) Its homage to Hitchcock by using Hitchcock’s VERTIGO and PSYCHO composer Bernard Hermann for the music
4. SEE YOU AT MAO is
(a) A film from Godard’s Maoist period – a didactic piece of pro-Communist propaganda with no narrative or story line
(b) A quirky British musical of the 1960s featuring a lovable pair of nuns on a quest for the perfect scone recipe
(c) The first major film to come out of Communist China after World War II
(d) a made-up film the characters argue about in the Jim Jarmusch indie film STRANGER THAN PARADISE
Explanation / Answer
Question 2) answer) option (c) A parody of an Ingmar Bergman film
Reason :De Duva is a 1968 American short film that humorously parodies the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. The film borrows the plot lines of some of Bergman famous films
Question 1) answer) option a) A venture capital firm responsible for financing many “independent” films in the 1980s and 1990s
Reason : merchant ivory productionsb is a film company which is founded in 1961 by producer Ismail Merchant and James ivory the films undertaken by them are directed by ivory and produced by merchant . They also financed many films
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