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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year did Tarkovsky produce Ivan's Childhood?
2. What does Tarkovsky claim "is like a kind of culture medium that is destroyed when it is no longer needed, once the links are severed between the individual personality, and the conditions of existence"?
3. Who is the author of, The Lower Depths?
4. Whom does Tarkovsky write about in Chapter II who believed the poet had the gift of prophecy?
5. Tarkovsky writes in the Introduction, "My most fervent wish has always been to be able to speak out in my films, to say everything with total sincerity and without imposing my own ____ on others."
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tarkovsky define as cinema's unique aspect in Chapter III? What would the ideal film be?
2. What did Tarkovsky learn of subjectivity in the artist making Ivan's Childhood?
3. What is music's role in film, according to Tarkovsky?
4. What does Tarkovsky lament of modern art and mankind in Chapter IV?
5. What was the first moving picture to be released? When and where was it released?
6. Describe the film Mirror. When was it produced?
7. Describe the protagonist and his journey in Andrey Rublyov.
8. What does Tarkovsky say of cinematic "tricks" and special effects in Chapter III?
9. How has the cinema evolved and why, since its inception?
10. What admiration does Tarkovsky lend to Bunuel in Chapter II? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the common themes and stylistic elements for which Tarkovsky is known. What themes recurred in the films discussed in class and in the text?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the role of art in the world of humanity, as described by Tarkovsky. What is art's role in society? How does the artist go about fulfilling this role?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the film, Ivan's Childhood. When was it produced? How long did the film take to shoot? What is the subject, plot and theme?
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