Contemporary Cinema Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved
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Contemporary Cinema
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Contemporary Cinema
Contemporary Cinema Final Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Classical period Hong Kong cinema () - -Immigration of film
workers from Shanghai
-Rise of a new Mandarin film industry (most pre-war films were Cantonese)
-More concerned with entertainment than teaching folks (didactic)
-Most ...
New Line Cinema - ✔✔-Formed in 1967 as a non-theatrical distributor
focusing on the market for "special events" on college campuses
-In 1973, New Line opened a theatrical distribution arm, specializing in "arty
and freak" films
-Marketing and distribution plan: tap those markets which were ignored by
the majors and maximize differences from more commercial films
-1978 New Line began a limited policy of film production through alliance
with other companies -- split their products into "mainstream" and
"specialty"
-Art-house oriented Fine Line Features founded in 1990
Miramax - ✔✔-Founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein to book rock
concerts and roadshow concert movies
-Breakthrough film: sex, lives, and videotape (1989)
-Often found success in distributing products which lent themselves to
media-induced controversy (challenging the MPAA)
Synergy and conglomeration - ✔✔-In May 1993, Disney acquired Miramax
for close to $60 million
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