How to Read a Film Movies, Media, and Beyond

Name: How to Read a Film Movies, Media, and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780195321050

ISBN-10: 0195321057

ISBN-13: 9780195321050

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: James Monaco

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Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marveled at James Monaco's ability to collect "an enormous amount of useful information and assemble it in an exhilaratingly simple and systematic way." Indeed, since its original publication in 1977, this hugely popular book has become the definitive source on film and media. Now, James Monaco offers a special anniversary edition of his classic work, featuring a new preface and several new sections, including an "Essential Library: One Hundred Books About Film and Media You Should Read" and "One Hundred Films You Should See." As in previous…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/8/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 688
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.10" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



Introduction



Film as Art


The Nature of Art Ways of Looking at Art Film, Recording, and the Other


Arts The Structure of Art



Technology


Image and Sound Art and Technology


The Lens


The Camera


The Filmstock


The Soudtrack Post-Production Video and Film Projection



The Language of Film


Signs and Syntax Signs Syntax



The Shape of Film History Movies/Film/Cinema ""Movies""


Economics ""Film""


Politics ""Cinema""


Aesthetics



Film Theory: Form and Function