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. 22 -

    American Dream

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 23 -

    An American Family

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 48 -

    The Ascent of Man

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 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
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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
  6. 68 -

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

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 80 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 109 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 120 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 125 -

    Buena Vista Social Club

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 146 -

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 162 -

    Christo in Paris

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 163 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 168 -

    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 180 -

    Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 189 -

    Cosmos

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 202 -

    Daguerreotypes

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 250 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 281 -

    Empire

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 282 -

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 295 -

    Eyes on the Prize

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  22. 300 -

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 336 -

    4 Little Girls

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  24. 338 -

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    1894, in 1 top list Check
  25. 359 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 386 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 388 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 399 -

    The Hamptons

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 407 -

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 412 -

    High School

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 415 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 416 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 417 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 418 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    Histoire(s) du cinéma: La monnaie de l'absolu

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 420 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 421 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Le contrôle de l'univers

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 422 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Les signes parmi nous

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 427 -

    Hospital

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 429 -

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

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 449 -

    An Inconvenient Truth

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 450 -

    The Incredible Machine

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 475 -

    JLG/JLG - autoportrait de décembre

    1994 — a.k.a. JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 479 -

    Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 493 -

    King Corn

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 497 -

    Kinoglaz

    1924 — a.k.a. Kino Eye, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 518 -

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

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  49. 524 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 541 -

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
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