International Cinema Masters

Question 1

In Akira Kurosawa's 'Rashomon' (1950), how many conflicting accounts are presented of the same crime?

Accepted Answer

Four perspectives

Answer

Two perspectives

Answer

Three perspectives

Answer

Five perspectives

Question 2

Which Swedish director created 'The Seventh Seal' (1957), a masterpiece exploring mortality and faith?

Accepted Answer

Bergman

Answer

Fellini

Answer

Bresson

Answer

Welles

Question 3

Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' (2019) made history by becoming the first _____ film to win Best Picture at the Oscars.

Accepted Answer

Foreign-language

Answer

Asian

Answer

Korean

Answer

Subtitled

Question 4

Federico Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' (1960) is set in which European city?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Answer

Paris

Answer

Venice

Answer

Florence

Question 5

Sergei Eisenstein's 'Battleship Potemkin' (1925) is a silent film about a mutiny on a warship. In which country was it made?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Answer

Ukraine

Answer

Germany

Answer

Poland

Question 6

Luis Buñuel's surrealist film 'Un Chien Andalou' (1929) opens with a shocking scene involving what object?

Accepted Answer

A razor and an eye

Answer

A gun and a door

Answer

A knife and bread

Answer

A glass and milk

Question 7

Orson Welles' debut film 'Citizen Kane' is often called the greatest film ever made. Who wrote the screenplay alongside Welles?

Accepted Answer

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Answer

Joseph Cotten

Answer

Gregg Toland

Answer

Bernard Herrmann

Question 8

Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' (1979) is a philosophical science fiction film from which country?

Accepted Answer

Soviet Union

Answer

Poland

Answer

Yugoslavia

Answer

Czechoslovakia

Question 9

François Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows' (1959) is a coming-of-age film from which New Wave movement?

Accepted Answer

French New Wave

Answer

Italian Neorealism

Answer

German Expressionism

Answer

Soviet Montage

International Cinema Masters

In Akira Kurosawa's 'Rashomon' (1950), how many conflicting accounts are presented of the same crime?

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International Cinema Masters