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How to read a film : the art, technology, language, history, and theory of film and media
- Title
- How to read a film : the art, technology, language, history, and theory of film and media / James Monaco ; with diagrs. by David Lindroth.
- Author
- Monaco, James, 1942-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xv, 533 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Sets movies in the contexts of their aesthetic and technological antecedents and reviews all important factors of and issues pertaining to contemporary film and television production and theory.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Motion pictures
- Motion pictures.
- Films.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 465-493.
- Contents
- Film 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 -- Appendix I: A standard glossary for film and media criticism -- Appendix II: Reading about film and media -- Appendix III: Film and media: a chronology.
- ISBN
- 0195028023
- 9780195028027
- 0195028066
- 9780195028065
- LCCN
- 80016848
- OCLC
- ocm06446510
- 6446510
- SCSB-2086335
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library