frfilmtv1-3, Exercise 1: Silent-era figures

Model answer (any two):

Louis Feuillade: made long serial crime films for Gaumont (Fantômas, Les Vampires), popular and later admired for their dreamlike atmosphere in ordinary Paris streets.
Abel Gance: pushed the technique of silent cinema with ambitious films such as J'accuse and Napoléon, which used a hand-held camera, rapid editing and a three-screen finale.
Germaine Dulac: part of French Impressionism, using close-ups, soft focus and motion to show feelings; made The Smiling Madame Beudet.
René Clair: made the playful Entr'acte with music by Satie, Dada in spirit.
Fernand Léger: Ballet mécanique, machines and objects in rhythmic motion without a story.
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí: Un chien andalou, a short Surrealist film famous for a shocking image of an eye.

Check the titles and years in a film reference.