a conventional interview-based
documentary?
- What are Fred Camper’s six characteristics
most experimental films share?
- What is a hybrid movie? What are some of the
ways that documentary, narrative, and experi-
mental movies intersect?
- What is genre? How does genre affect the way
movies are made and received?
- What are the six sets of conventions used to
define and classify film genres?
- What are the formal and narrative elements
common to each of the six movie genres
described in the chapter?
- How does animation differ from the other
three basic types of movies?
Movies Described or Illustrated in This Chapter
Across the Universe(2007). Julie Taymor, director.
Alien(1979). Ridley Scott, director.
Alphaville(1965). Jean-Luc Godard, director.
American Gangster(2007). Ridley Scott, director.
American Movie(1999). Chris Smith, director.
An Andalusian Dog(1929). Luis Buñuel, director.
Applause(1929). Rouben Mamoulian, director.
Avatar(2009). James Cameron, director.
Ballast(2008). Lance Hammer, director.
Ballet mécanique(1924). Fernand Léger and Dudley
Murphy, directors.
Blade Runner(1982). Ridley Scott, director.
Bonnie and Clyde(1967). Arthur Penn, director.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Bene-
fit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2006). Larry
Charles, director.
Born into Brothels(2004). Zana Briski and Ross
Kauffman, directors.
Bowling for Columbine (2002). Michael Moore,
director.
Breathless(1960). Jean-Luc Godard, director.
Brick(2005). Rian Johnson, director.
Bride of Frankenstein(1935). James Whale, director.
The Broadway Melody (1929). Harry Beaumont,
director.
Brokeback Mountain(2005). Ang Lee, director.
Broken Flowers(2005). Jim Jarmusch, director.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1992). Fran Rubel Kuzui,
director.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969). George
Roy Hill, director.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari(1920). Robert Wiene,
director.
Cannibal! The Musical(1996). Trey Parker, director.
Capturing the Friedmans(2003). Andrew Jarecki,
director.
Chicago 10(2007). Brett Morgen, director.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977). Steven
Spielberg, director.
The Comb(1990). Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay,
directors.
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene (1899). Director
unknown.
Dancer in the Dark(2000). Lars von Trier, director.
DVDThe tutorial for this chapter explores the
form and conventions of the Western.
Studyspace Go to wwnorton.com/movies
to test and expand your knowledge of the key con-
cepts in this chapter.
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