Deck 7: Crime Films and Prison Films

Question 1

Which of the following films was released in 1978?

A) Bullitt
B) Batman
C) Midnight Express
D) Man on Wire

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following films stars a capped vigilante that fights crime?

A) Bullitt (1968)
B) Batman (1989)
C) Man on Wire (2008)
D) Captain Phillips (2013)

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following films was released in 1974?

A) Man on Wire
B) Murder on the Orient Express
C) Midnight Express
D) Some Like It Hot

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following films stars Tom Hanks and was based on a true story?

A) Bullitt (1968)
B) Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
C) Tightrope (1984)
D) Captain Phillips (2013)

Question 5

All of the following are considered crime film genres except:

A) Gangster films.
B) Heist films.
C) Rom-Com films.
D) Westerns.

Question 6

Anthony Hopkins' portrayed serial killer Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film:

A) Silence of the Lambs.
B) Heat.
C) Tightrope.
D) Midnight Express.

Question 7

Which of the following is considered a gangster film?

A) Silence of the Lambs
B) Midnight Express
C) Goodfellas
D) Captain Phillips

Question 8

Which of the following films is widely known as a gangster film?

A) The Godfather Trilogy
B) Heat
C) Murder on the Orient Express
D) Pulp Fiction

Question 9

Johnny Depp plays a man who lives a life of crime in which of the following movies?

A) Black Mass
B) Scarface
C) The Godfather
D) Murder on the Orient Express

Question 10

The "tough guy" has been a staple of cinema since the first gangster movies of the:

A) 1910s/1920s.
B) 1920s/1930s.
C) 1930s/1940s.
D) 1940s/1950s.

Question 11

According to the authors, the cop's personal life is often dogged by which of the following?

A) alcoholism
B) interpersonal strife
C) despair
D) all of these

Question 12

Clint Eastwood became a star in which of the following genres?

A) gangsters
B) film noirs
C) Westerns
D) private-eye films

Question 13

______ tend to feature a decidedly masculine and professional criminality, put to work in pursuit of "one last big score" or the "perfect crime."

A) Heist films
B) Film noirs
C) Westerns
D) Gangster films

Question 14

A complex narrative is employed by ______, which may be read as a definition and defense of masculinity as the hard-boiled hero grapples with "the dangers represented by the feminine-not just women in themselves but also any non-'tough' potentiality of his own identity as a man."

A) gangster films
B) film noirs
C) Westerns
D) heist films

Question 15

Detectives or privates eyes are common in which of the following genres?

A) Westerns
B) heist films
C) film noirs
D) gangster films

Question 16

All of the following films are examples of films that have women leads in Westerns except:

A) Calamity Jane.
B) The Missing.
C) Jane Got a Gun.
D) Heat.

Question 17

Which of the following films is considered a cop film?

A) Goodfellas
B) Fargo
C) Scarface
D) Captain Phillips

Question 18

______ is considered an assassin movie.

A) Kill Bill
B) Midnight Express
C) Tightrope
D) Fargo

Question 19

The Shawshank Redemption falls under the ______ film genre.

A) heist
B) gangster
C) film noir
D) prison

Question 20

______ are a genre that has a more explicit agenda in bringing to public attention the social contexts of crime and the realities of the experience of imprisonment.

A) Film noirs
B) Prison films
C) Crime films
D) Documentaries

Question 21

The West Memphis 3 were released in August 2011 after more than ______ years in prison.

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 21

Question 22

All of the following remake films are considered commercial successes except:

A) Ocean's 11.
B) The Departed.
C) The Italian Job.
D) The Thomas Crown Affair.

Question 23

"Shock incarceration" originated in the:

A) 1950s.
B) 1960s.
C) 1970s.
D) 1980s.

Question 24

Which of the following films is not considered a prison film, but is an example of a dystopian vision?

A) Fortress (1992)
B) Face/Off (1997)
C) Minority Report (2002)
D) A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Question 25

According to the authors, the prison of the (near) future is all of the following except:

A) automated.
B) dehumanized.
C) run by sadistic and corrupt wardens.
D) public.

Question 26

The crime movie is arguably the most enduring of all cinematic genres.

Question 27

Crime movies focus on a particular criminal or event, a victim or an avenger.

Question 28

One theme that appears to run through all crime genres is a particular type of femininity.

Question 29

The freedom, solitude, and resourcefulness evoked by the romanticism of the pirate are nearly identical to that of the gunfighters and lawmen of Westerns.

Question 30

Here the violence of the new West represents a temporary regression to a more primitive or natural state.

Question 31

Monster (2003) is a film about serial killers.

Question 32

Spring Breakers (2013) is an example of a film about outlaws and crime sprees.

Question 33

While numerous crime films have left their mark upon American popular culture, few have had such a widespread and lasting influence as Scarface (1983).

Question 34

In the late 1990s, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs funded "shock incarceration" programs and encouraged their use nationwide.

Question 35

Documentary genres appear to offer transparency and honesty.

Question 36

There is nothing that divides filmgoers more than a remake of a much-loved "classic."

Question 37

The violation of the domestic space have since become the theme of countless crime and horror movies.

Question 38

An immediate and obvious difference between the Taking of Pelham films from 1974 film and the 2009 version is the cultural attitudes toward "minorities" and the use of language to express intolerance.

Question 39

The original film was a very 1970s production, containing casual misogyny.

Question 40

Some prison documentaries are simply voyeuristic and pander to stereotypes.

Question 41

Discuss Beyond Scared Straight. Do you believe that this series is effective in reducing crimes committed by juveniles?

Question 42

What is fly-on-the-wall filming?

Question 43

Choose a crime film that has been remade. Do you believe that the remake film was true to the original? Where there any significant similarities and differences?

Question 44

Documentary films have become widely popular in the last decade or so. Given that this genre appears to offer transparency and honesty. Do you believe that this is the case with every documentary film that is produced or do you believe that directors often control, manipulate, or exploit the medium? Choose one documentary and discuss the directors' message and whether you believe that it was honest and transparent.

Question 45

Choose and view a prison documentary. Do you agree with its portrayal? Do you believe that prison documentary can lead to significant prison reform? Why or why not?