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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Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check -
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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
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Blackmail
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
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Foreign Correspondent
1940, in 6 top lists Check -
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Saboteur
1942, in 2 top lists Check -
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check -
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Out of the Past
1947, in 16 top lists Check -
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Inner Sanctum
1948, in 1 top list Check -
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Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Stage Fright
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951, in 12 top lists Check -
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High Noon
1952, in 19 top lists Check -
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Walk East on Beacon!
1952 — a.k.a. The Crime of the Century, in 1 top list Check -
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The Big Heat
1953, in 18 top lists Check -
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Pickup on South Street
1953, in 14 top lists Check -
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Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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3:10 to Yuma
1957, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Jungfrukällan
1960 — a.k.a. The Virgin Spring, in 10 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Tirez sur le pianiste
1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
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Marnie
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
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Suna no onna
1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check -
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Blow-Up
1966, in 20 top lists Check -
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Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
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Targets
1968, in 6 top lists Check -
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Topaz
1969, in 1 top list Check -
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Le boucher
1970 — a.k.a. Le Boucher, in 11 top lists Check -
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Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971, in 12 top lists Check -
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THX 1138
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
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État de siège
1972 — a.k.a. State of Siege, in 2 top lists Check -
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Out 1: Spectre
1972 — a.k.a. Out One, in 3 top lists Check -
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Don't Look Now
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Westworld
1973, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
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Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
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The Conversation
1974, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Missiles of October
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Terminal Man
1974, in 1 top list Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
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Marathon Man
1976, in 4 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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The Last Wave
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
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The China Syndrome
1979, in 3 top lists Check
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