The New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder took the Hollywood melodramas of a filmmaker as a model of a socially critical yet emotionally engaging cinema. Identify this filmmaker.

A. Douglas Sirk
B. F. W. Murnau
C. Fritz Lang
D. Billy Wilder

Answer: A

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Anselm Kiefer was one of the most prominent Neo-Expressionists. His work:

A. dealt directly with the trauma of Germany's past. B. explored the role of the subconscious and dream images. C. consisted of mass-produced replicas of works of other artists. D. was an exploration of flatness. E. inserted words resembling advertising slogans into public places.

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