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. 40 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
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    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 72 -

    Becky Sharp

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  4. 81 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  5. 86 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 105 -

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 113 -

    'Breaker' Morant

    1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 140 -

    Catch-22

    1970, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 161 -

    Cristo si è fermato a Eboli

    1979 — a.k.a. Christ Stopped at Eboli, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 168 -

    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 232 -

    Destination Tokyo

    1943, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 265 -

    The Duellists

    1977, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 310 -

    Fear and Desire

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 321 -

    Flags of Our Fathers

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 346 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 371 -

    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 380 -

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 407 -

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 428 -

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 432 -

    How I Won the War

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 448 -

    In Which We Serve

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 464 -

    It Happened Here

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  23. 491 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 539 -

    La guerre est finie

    1966 — a.k.a. The War Is Over, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 548 -

    Lacombe Lucien

    1974, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 569 -

    Le petit soldat

    1963 — a.k.a. The Little Soldier, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 581 -

    Les carabiniers

    1963 — a.k.a. The Soldiers, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 587 -

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 612 -

    Love and Death

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
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    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Memory of Justice

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

    1944, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ivanovo detstvo

    1962 — a.k.a. Ivan's Childhood, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 713 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 720 -

    1941

    1979, in 1 top list Check
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    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
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    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
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    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
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    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
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    Roots

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
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    Saboteur

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
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    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
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    Story of G.I. Joe

    1945 — a.k.a. War Correspondent, in 3 top lists Check
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    They Were Expendable

    1945, in 4 top lists Check
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    Die Blechtrommel

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check
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    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 1051 new

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
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