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020 _a9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
082 0 0 _a791.43 MON
100 1 _aMonaco, James.
245 1 0 _aHow to read a film :
_bmovies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory /
_cJames Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth.
250 _a4th ed., completely rev. and expanded.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a729 p. :
_bill. ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 678-691) and indexes.
505 0 _aFilm as an art -- Technology : image and sound -- The language of film : signs and syntax -- The shape of film history -- Film theory : form and function -- Media : in the middle of things -- Multimedia : the digital revolution -- Film and media : a chronology -- Reading about film and media : a select library.
520 _aJames Monaco discusses the elements necessary to understand how a film conveys its meaning, and, more importantly, how the audience can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate.
650 0 _aMotion pictures.
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