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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    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
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    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
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    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
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    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
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    Saboteur

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
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    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
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    Inner Sanctum

    1948, in 1 top list Check
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    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    Stage Fright

    1950, in 1 top list Check
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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    High Noon

    1952, in 18 top lists Check
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    Walk East on Beacon!

    1952 — a.k.a. The Crime of the Century, in 1 top list Check
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    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
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    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
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    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    3:10 to Yuma

    1957, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
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    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Jungfrukällan

    1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    Tirez sur le pianiste

    1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check
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    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    Marnie

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
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    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
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    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
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    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
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    Targets

    1968, in 6 top lists Check
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    Topaz

    1969, in 1 top list Check
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    Le boucher

    1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check
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    Shaft

    1971, in 10 top lists Check
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    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971, in 12 top lists Check
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    THX 1138

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
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    État de siège

    1972 — a.k.a. State of Siege, in 2 top lists Check
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    Out 1: Spectre

    1972 — a.k.a. Out One, in 3 top lists Check
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    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    Westworld

    1973, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 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
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    The Terminal Man

    1974, in 1 top list Check
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    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
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    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 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 4 top lists Check
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    The China Syndrome

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
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