Books like A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook
A History of Narrative Film is 864 pages, about 15 hours 50 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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Movie-made America 6.2 h 
Film History 5.1 h 
Hollywood Genres 5.5 h 
How to Read a Film 9.8 h 
The Story of Film 9.4 h 
The Film Encyclopedia 27.4 h 
Film Art 9.4 h 
Film 11.0 h 
The Oxford History of World Cinema 15.5 h 
Novels Into Film 4.4 h 
On Film-making 5.4 h 
Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema 12.1 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.