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. 374 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  2. 868 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 1033 new

    Unforgiven

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 1071 new

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  5. 129 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 411 -

    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
  7. 933 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 204 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 644 -

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    1971, in 20 top lists Check
  10. 319 -

    Per un pugno di dollari

    1964 — a.k.a. A Fistful of Dollars, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 890 -

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 618 -

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 384 -

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 1077 new

    Winchester '73

    1950, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 392 -

    The Gunfighter

    1950, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 665 -

    The Misfits

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 990 new

    3:10 to Yuma

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 624 -

    The Man from Laramie

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 746 -

    One-Eyed Jacks

    1961, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 898 -

    The Shootist

    1976, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 391 -

    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 601 -

    Lonely Are the Brave

    1962, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 123 -

    Broken Arrow

    1950, in 1 top list Check
  24. 1074 new

    Wild Wild West

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 1026 new

    Two Rode Together

    1961, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 152 -

    Cheyenne Autumn

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  27. 344 -

    From Hell to Texas

    1958, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 126 -

    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's...

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 813 -

    The Rainmaker

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 598 -

    The Lone Ranger

    1956, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 102 -

    Bonanza

    1959, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 393 -

    Gunsmoke

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 454 -

    The Heart of an Indian

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
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