New Hollywood Read Theory Answers Grade 11

The author's main argument is that young directors in the late 1960s were

drawn to reinterpret a genre they had grown to love

According to the author, film noir differs from neo-noir in that, unlike film noir, neo-noir

involves the personal feelings and style of directors

As used in paragraph 2, the word singularities most nearly means

signs of uniqueness

The author most likely draws attention to Caravaggio in the final sentence for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to

suggest that only great artists are able to make something personal within the confines of a certain classification of art

Given the author's definition of auteurism in paragraph 1, which of the following would be an example of an auteur?

the chief architect on a new skyscraper

It can be inferred from the passage that each of the following is a "New Hollywood" director EXCEPT

Billy Wilder