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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  1. 1027 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 1038 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
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    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
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    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
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    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
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    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
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    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
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    La cérémonie

    1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check
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    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
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    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
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    Salvatore Giuliano

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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    Spellbound

    1945, in 7 top lists Check
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    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
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    Gosford Park

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
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    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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    Chan Is Missing

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Last Wave

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
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    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
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    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
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    Enemy of the State

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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    Hammett

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
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    Lady in the Lake

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
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    Michael Clayton

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
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    Inner Sanctum

    1948, in 1 top list Check
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    Kaspar Hauser

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    The Late Show

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    Amistad

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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    Clockers

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    Columbo

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dancing

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Desperate Housewives

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dragnet

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Last of Sheila

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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