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. 1027 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
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    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 1082 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
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    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
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    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
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    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
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    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
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    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
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    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
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    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
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    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
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    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
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    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  28. 967 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists 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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    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
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    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
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    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
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    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
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    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
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    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
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    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
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