Monaco, James. How to read a film : : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory / / James Monaco ; with diagrams by David Lindroth. . - 4th ed., completely rev. and expanded. . - Oxford ; : Oxford University Press,, 2009. 729 p. : : ill. ; ; 24 cm. 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 : in the middle of things -- Multimedia : the digital revolution -- Film and media : a chronology -- Reading about film and media : a select library. ISBN 9780195321050 (pbk. : acidfree paper) : Rs.2100.00 * Motion pictures.