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. 1043 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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    The War of the Worlds

    1953, in 6 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Fly

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
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    It Happened Here

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
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    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
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    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
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    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    Je t'aime, je t'aime

    1968, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Bed Sitting Room

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
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    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
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    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
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    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Terminal Man

    1974, in 1 top list Check
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    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
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    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    Superman II

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    Tron

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Day After

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 top lists Check
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    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
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    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
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    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
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    Demolition Man

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Fantastic Four

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Alien: Resurrection

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
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    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
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    Armageddon

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
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    Brave New World

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lola rennt

    1998 — a.k.a. Run Lola Run, in 9 top lists Check
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