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. 41 -

    Applause

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 176 -

    The Cocoanuts

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  3. 396 -

    Hallelujah

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 333 -

    42nd Street

    1933, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 326 -

    Flying Down to Rio

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 536 -

    La Cucaracha

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 714 -

    A Night at the Opera

    1935, in 17 top lists Check
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    Words and Music

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 738 -

    On the Town

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 26 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 844 -

    Royal Wedding

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 347 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 907 -

    Silk Stockings

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 358 -

    Gigi

    1958, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 401 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 409 -

    Help!

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 348 -

    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 563 -

    Laugh-In

    1967 — a.k.a. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 466 -

    It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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    Tommy

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 710 -

    New York, New York

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 382 -

    Grease

    1978, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 395 -

    Hair

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 742 -

    One from the Heart

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 546 -

    La vie est un roman

    1983 — a.k.a. Life Is a Bed of Roses, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 187 -

    Cop Rock

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 737 -

    On connaît la chanson

    1997 — a.k.a. Same Old Song, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 929 -

    South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

    1999, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 153 -

    Chicago

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 262 -

    Dreamgirls

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 961 -

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
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