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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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 1038 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
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    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
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    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
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    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
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    Marnie

    1964, in 8 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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    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
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    Saboteur

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    Stage Fright

    1950, in 1 top list Check
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    Topaz

    1969, in 1 top list Check
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