EXAM QUESTIONS

How far has particular writing by critics been important in developing your understanding and appreciation of your chosen film?


As a result of your close critical study, to what extent does Fight Club become either a more or a less complex film?


How useful have you found a particular film critical approach, such as an auteur or genre approach, in gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of your chosen film?


With reference to critical and review writing you have considered as part of your study, discuss how your ideas on your chosen film have developed.


How far does Fight Club rely on typical narrative and stylistic conventions of Hollywood mainstream cinema and how far does it break from these?


Explore how far the application of a particular critical approach has either reinforced or challenged your first impressions of your close study film.


How far have the opinions of reviewers and critics informed your thinking about your close study film’s messages and values?


‘Fight Club is a thrill-ride masquerading as philosophy.’ (Roger Ebert) How far do you agree with this statement?


Critics and reviewers often provoke disagreement. How far has this been true of critics and/or reviewers of your close study film?

Discuss how far one or more critical approaches have contributed to an increased understanding and appreciation of your chosen film.


. ‘Fight Club explores the ambition to find an alternative to a material culture.’ Discuss this statement in relation to your own understanding of the film

‘Sometimes the application of a critical approach can limit rather than expand our understanding and appreciation of a film.’ How far has this been true of your application of a critical approach to your close study film?

With detailed reference to your reading of critics and/or reviewers, discuss how far you have found yourself in agreement or disagreement with their views of your close study film.

. How far does the way in which Fight Club is narrated increase spectator involvement in the drama and the ideas of the film?

‘A film can be re-interpreted depending on the choice of critical approach.’ How far have you found this to be true when applying one or more critical approaches to your chosen film?

Critics and reviewers are opinion-formers. How far has your appreciation of your chosen film been influenced by the work of at least two of these opinion-formers?