James Monaco's How to Read a Film

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"Monaco once again looks at film from many vantage points, as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology. After examining film's close relation to other narrative media such as the novel, painting, photography, television, and even music, the book discusses the elements necessary to understand how films convey meaning, and, more importantly, how we can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate."

Full Title: How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond

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    Twilight

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
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    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    2008, in 5 top lists Check
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    Batman & Robin

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
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    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
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    Wild Wild West

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
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    Hulk

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    Crash

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    Armageddon

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
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    Napoleon Dynamite

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Matrix Reloaded

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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    I Am Legend

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
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    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
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    Superman Returns

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
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    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
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    Cars

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
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    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
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    Grease

    1978, in 12 top lists Check
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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
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    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
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    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
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    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
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    The Polar Express

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
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    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
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    Sherlock Holmes

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
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    Home Alone

    1990, in 6 top lists Check
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    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
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    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
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    Million Dollar Baby

    2004, in 12 top lists Check
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    Chicago

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
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    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
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    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
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