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. 18 -

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 24 -

    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 28 -

    Amistad

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 87 -

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 94 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 96 -

    Blow-Up

    1966, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 144 -

    La cérémonie

    1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 145 -

    Chan Is Missing

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 155 -

    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 159 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  11. 166 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 172 -

    Clockers

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 179 -

    Columbo

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 185 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 199 -

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 205 -

    Dancing

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 231 -

    Desperate Housewives

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 256 -

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 260 -

    Dragnet

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 263 -

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 283 -

    Enemy of the State

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 296 -

    Eyes Wide Shut

    1999, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 329 -

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 377 -

    Gosford Park

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 398 -

    Hammett

    1982, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 456 -

    Inner Sanctum

    1948, in 1 top list Check
  27. 487 -

    Kaspar Hauser

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  28. 532 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  29. 550 -

    Lady in the Lake

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 553 -

    The Last of Sheila

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 558 -

    The Last Wave

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 561 -

    The Late Show

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  33. 564 -

    Law & Order

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 582 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 599 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 630 -

    Manhattan Murder Mystery

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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    Marathon Man

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 650 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    Michael Clayton

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
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    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
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    Mystic River

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
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    NYPD Blue

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  43. 747 -

    Original Sin

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 776 -

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    1975, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 802 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  46. 816 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  48. 833 -

    The Rockford Files

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
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    Salvatore Giuliano

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 913 -

    Six Degrees of Separation

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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