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. 130 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    Dracula

    1931, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 337 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 1037 new

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 494 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 1052 new

    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
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    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 461 -

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 325 -

    The Fly

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 802 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  11. 89 -

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
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    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
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    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Targets

    1968, in 6 top lists Check
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    Vargtimmen

    1968 — a.k.a. Hour of the Wolf, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 251 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
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    Ganja & Hess

    1973 — a.k.a. Black Evil, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    Friday the 13th

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 991 new

    Michael Jackson: Thriller

    1983, in 1 top list Check
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    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
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    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
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    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
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    Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
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