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. 338 -

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    1894, in 1 top list Check
  2. 575 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 702 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 497 -

    Kinoglaz

    1924 — a.k.a. Kino Eye, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 518 -

    Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda....

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  6. 673 -

    Moana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 80 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 146 -

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 627 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 625 -

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 1014 new

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
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    See It Now

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 985 new

    This Is Cinerama

    1952, in 1 top list Check
  14. 713 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
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    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
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    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 281 -

    Empire

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 786 -

    Point of Order!

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 730 -

    Now

    1965, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 250 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 999 new

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
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    60 Minutes

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 412 -

    High School

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 429 -

    La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
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    One + One

    1968 — a.k.a. The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil, in 1 top list Check
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    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
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    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
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    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 359 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
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    Hospital

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 1087 new

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 1100 new

    Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
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    Millhouse

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 541 -

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 586 -

    Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 23 -

    An American Family

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 48 -

    The Ascent of Man

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 407 -

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 729 -

    Nova

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 797 -

    Primate

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 66 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 202 -

    Daguerreotypes

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 386 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 450 -

    The Incredible Machine

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 402 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 646 -

    Meat

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 652 -

    The Memory of Justice

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
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    Pumping Iron

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
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