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. 9 -

    Ali

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
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    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
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    Antwone Fisher

    2002, in 0 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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    The Aviator

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 61 -

    Barbarians at the Gate

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 103 -

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  9. 105 -

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 107 -

    Bound for Glory

    1976, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 118 -

    Brian's Song

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 129 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 137 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 139 -

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 147 -

    Chaplin

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 149 -

    Charlie Wilson's War

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 171 -

    Cleopatra

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 226 -

    De-Lovely

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 230 -

    Dersu Uzala

    1975, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 244 -

    Le scaphandre et le papillon

    2007 — a.k.a. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 248 -

    Don King: Only in America

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 252 -

    The Doors

    1991, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 289 -

    Erin Brockovich

    2000, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 290 -

    Escape from Alcatraz

    1979, in 1 top list Check
  25. 350 -

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 367 -

    Gods and Monsters

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 378 -

    Il vangelo secondo Matteo

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

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
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    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
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    Henry V

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
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    Intervista

    1987, in 1 top list Check
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    Jane B. par Agnès V.

    1988 — a.k.a. Jane B. for Agnes V., in 1 top list Check
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    Kinsey

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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    Kundun

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    La môme

    2007 — a.k.a. La Vie en Rose, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Last Emperor

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Last King of Scotland

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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    Leadbelly

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Left Handed Gun

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  41. 594 -

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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    Lola Montès

    1955, in 12 top lists Check
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    Lucky Luciano

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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    Malcolm X

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    Il caso Mattei

    1972 — a.k.a. The Mattei Affair, in 4 top lists Check
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    Midnight Express

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 668 -

    Mrs Brown

    1997 — a.k.a. Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown, in 1 top list Check
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    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
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    My Dinner with Andre

    1981, in 6 top lists Check
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

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