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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    Accattone

    1961, in 8 top lists Check
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    Accident

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
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    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
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    After Hours

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Age of Innocence

    1993, in 6 top lists Check
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    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
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    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
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    Ali

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    1974, in 4 top lists Check
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    Alice in den Städten

    1974 — a.k.a. Alice in the Cities, in 9 top lists Check
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    Alice's Restaurant

    1969, in 0 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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    Todo sobre mi madre

    1999 — a.k.a. All About My Mother, in 18 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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    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
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    Amarcord

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
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    American Dream

    1990, in 2 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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    American Graffiti

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
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    American Roulette

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amistad

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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    Analyze This

    1999, in 1 top list Check
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    E la nave va

    1983 — a.k.a. And the Ship Sails On, in 4 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    National Lampoon's Animal House

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
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    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
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    O Dragão da Maldade contra o Santo Guerreiro

    1969 — a.k.a. Antonio das Mortes, in 6 top lists Check
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    Antwone Fisher

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Antz

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 38 top lists Check
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    Applause

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
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    Pather Panchali

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    Aparajito

    1956 — a.k.a. The Unvanquished, in 15 top lists Check
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    Apur Sansar

    1959 — a.k.a. The World of Apu, in 20 top lists Check
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    Armageddon

    1998, in 4 top lists Check
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    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
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    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
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    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    1999, in 4 top lists Check
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    Sanma no aji

    1962 — a.k.a. An Autumn Afternoon, in 9 top lists Check
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    Avalon

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Aviator

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
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    Babel

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
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