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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    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    Alien: Resurrection

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists 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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    Armageddon

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
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    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Bed Sitting Room

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Brave New World

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Day After

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
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    Demolition Man

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
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    Fahrenheit 451

    1966, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Fantastic Four

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    Fantastic Voyage

    1966 — a.k.a. Microscopia, in 2 top lists Check
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    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Fly

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
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    Hulk

    2003, in 3 top lists Check
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    I Am Legend

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
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    Independence Day

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
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    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    It Happened Here

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Je t'aime, je t'aime

    1968, in 3 top lists Check
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    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 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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    The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Fell to Earth

    1976, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Matrix Reloaded

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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    Men in Black

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
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    Minority Report

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
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    My Super Ex-Girlfriend

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    1984 — a.k.a. 1984, in 3 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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    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
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    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
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    Superman II

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Terminal Man

    1974, in 1 top list Check
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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
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