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Final Exam for CINE 285F: The Artist is Present Prof. David LaRocca

• 2 pages, single-spaced, serif font, 12 pt. • 4 paragraphs • Cite Bordwell’s Film Art at least once in two of the paragraphs—thus twice in

total. (Hint: easy link to Associational Form) • Upload to Blackboard/Content by 9 pm on May 9th. Thank you!

Final Exam, question 1: What does the final shot of Koyaanisqatsi—i.e., of the rocket breaking up on its return to earth—mean in relation to what precedes it . . . perhaps also to what follows it?

Hint: Remember how the shot begins. Formally, what kind of shot is it? And then ask how the content of this shot relates to the content of the shots that precede and follow it.

Final Exam, question 2: How is Bausch’s art related to Wenders’ art?

• How do . . . (a) the live dance performance and (b) the archival film . . . “live together” in Pina?

• What do these two forms of art make possible for us in thinking about the presentness of the artist?

Final Exam, question 3: What significance does the contrast between Joaquin Phoenix’s hoax (in I’m Still Here) and Mark Borchardt’s authenticity (in American Movie) have for our thinking about the status of documentary truth? Final Exam, question 4: Select one film not discussed in the Final Exam (i.e., in the questions above), or on the Midterm, then offer a close analysis of the meaning of the artist’s presence in the film as it relates to the meaning of the artworks on offer in the film.