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. 258 -

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 57 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 910 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 35 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 924 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
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    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 21 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 39 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 167 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 379 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 674 -

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 389 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  14. 465 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 317 -

    Finding Nemo

    2003, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 1017 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 537 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
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    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 246 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 77 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
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    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 356 -

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 547 -

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 843 -

    The Royal Tenenbaums

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 115 -

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
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    Ratatouille

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 1094 new

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 1065 new

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
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    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 900 -

    Shrek

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
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    Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

    1972 — a.k.a. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, in 21 top lists Check
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    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Sullivan's Travels

    1941, in 24 top lists Check
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    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
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    Hannah and Her Sisters

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
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    The King of Comedy

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
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    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
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    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
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    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 401 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
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    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 170 -

    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
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    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
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    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 215 -

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
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    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Player

    1992, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
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