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. 75 -

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 439 -

    I Am Legend

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 156 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 228 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 1089 new

    World Trade Center

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
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    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 490 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 1080 new

    The Wire

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 650 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 1011 new

    Traffic

    2000, in 7 top lists Check
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    Alien: Resurrection

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  15. 306 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 463 -

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Star Witness

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 241 -

    Disclosure

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 485 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    Single White Female

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cape Fear

    1991, in 5 top lists Check
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    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
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    New Jack City

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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    Sleeping with the Enemy

    1991, in 1 top list Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
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    American Roulette

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 238 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 585 -

    Lethal Weapon

    1987, in 5 top lists Check
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    After Hours

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
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    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
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    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
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    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 6 top lists Check
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    Gloria

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 158 -

    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mad Max

    1979, in 13 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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    The Last Wave

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
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    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Missiles of October

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 971 new

    The Terminal Man

    1974, in 1 top list Check
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    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 1061 new

    Westworld

    1973, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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