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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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968, in 45 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 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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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
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Les diaboliques
1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check -
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Eyes Wide Shut
1999, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Minority Report
2002, in 8 top lists Check -
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975, in 15 top lists Check -
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Mystic River
2003, in 7 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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Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 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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Dressed to Kill
1980, in 7 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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Spellbound
1945, in 7 top lists Check -
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Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
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Marathon Man
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
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La cérémonie
1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Last Wave
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
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Michael Clayton
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
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Child's Play
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
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Salvatore Giuliano
1962, in 7 top lists Check -
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Enemy of the State
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Amistad
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Last of Sheila
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
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Lady in the Lake
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Late Show
1977, in 1 top list Check -
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Clockers
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hammett
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
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Chan Is Missing
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Original Sin
2001, in 0 top lists Check -
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Inner Sanctum
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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Desperate Housewives
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000, in 0 top lists Check -
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Columbo
1971, in 0 top lists Check
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