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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. What does Tarkovsky claim to do about a film once he has completed working on it?
2. In Chapter VI, Tarkovsky writes that "cinema's equivocal position between art and ____ accounts for many of the anomalies in the relations between author and public."
3. Tarkovsky claims that In cinema, man's innate drive to what, finds one of its fullest and most direct means of realization?
4. In Chapter V, Tarkovsky writes, "I am always sickened when an artist underpins his system of images with deliberate tendentiousness or" what?
5. Who wrote, The Death of Ivan Ilych?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was, The Sacrifice, conceived of? What drew Tarkovsky to this story?
2. How does Tarkovsky describe the stresses of filming on The Sacrifice?
3. How does Tarkovsky describe the use of symbolism in his films?
4. What does Tarkovsky define "commercializing" as in Chapter VII? What is the filmmaker's duty in this regard?
5. Tarkovsky describes the filmmaker's responsibility to share his story in Chapter VII. What does he say?
6. What makes the cinema different than other art forms, according to Tarkovsky?
7. What is the journey of the protagonist in The Sacrifice? How is Tarkovsky's life reflected in the film?
8. What is the all-powerful factor of film to Tarkovsky? Why?
9. What Japanese form of art does Tarkovsky repeatedly compare cinema to? Why?
10. What does Tarkovsky write of "heroes" in Chapter VIII?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the reasons that cinema has evolved as it has though time, examining Tarkovsky's point of view. Why and how does Tarkovsky believe cinema arose when it did? What changes was he unable to witness?
Essay Topic 2
Define the term "mise-en-scene" and discuss how it has been approached by different filmmakers. What is Tarkovsky's view on the cinematic mise-en-scene?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the career and film contributions of Ingmar Bergman. What is Tarkovsky's view of this artist? Why?
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