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. 867 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
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    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  3. 428 -

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 351 -

    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 370 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  6. 350 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 587 -

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 474 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 686 -

    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 62 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 551 -

    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 552 -

    The Last King of Scotland

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  13. 788 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 148 -

    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 762 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 7 -

    Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes

    1972 — a.k.a. Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 321 -

    Flags of Our Fathers

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 90 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 622 -

    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 491 -

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 713 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 32 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 1087 new

    Woodstock

    1970, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 28 -

    Amistad

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  26. 1098 new

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  27. 460 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 171 -

    Cleopatra

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 1089 new

    World Trade Center

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 847 -

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 447 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
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    Roots

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
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    Fellini - Satyricon

    1969 — a.k.a. Fellini Satyricon, in 10 top lists Check
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    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

    1964 — a.k.a. The Gospel According to St. Matthew, in 14 top lists Check
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    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 1002 new

    Tom Jones

    1963, in 13 top lists Check
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 526 -

    Kundun

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  39. 408 -

    Heaven's Gate

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 279 -

    Eight Men Out

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
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    'Breaker' Morant

    1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check
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    Tini zabutykh predkiv

    1965 — a.k.a. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, in 12 top lists Check
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    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Robe

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 131 -

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 927 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
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    Richard III

    1955, in 6 top lists Check
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    Salt of the Earth

    1954, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 31 -

    E la nave va

    1983 — a.k.a. And the Ship Sails On, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 1053 new

    The War Room

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
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