#2 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (D).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (E):


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[annagarrison99]

how do we know it is true that the nonfiction films were intended to be supporting films? All that is said about this is that "with some exceptions, nonfiction films have always been supporting films, not main attractions." That doesn't necessarily mean that they were *intended* to be only supporting films though, right?

And is the passage not implying that A could be correct, that nonfiction films were usually produced by studios that focused on exclusively nonfiction films? The second paragraph says, "the philosophy of 'collecting the similar' is often inappropriate for screening early film, **especially nonfiction**... requires showing several films of the same type" and, right after that, that "gathering together several short films **by the same maker or studio** [not the same genre]... is profoundly dull for the viewer."


I could see how it could go the other way too, I'm just wondering why/how this line of thinking is incorrect. Thanks!

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Hi Anna,

Great question. The passage tells us that nonfiction films were short films, and were typically screened with different types of films. They weren't main events because they, like other films of the time, were supporting. Most films of the time were supporting films (per the passage). We don't know that they were produced by the same studio. The passage was using the idea that showing films from the same studio or director would be boring because it would be similar in some way, not necessarily that they would be the same genre.

Hope that helps!