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From Stage To Screen

Published September 1, 2017September 1, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, 60's film, 70's cinema, academy awards, acting, AFTRS, alfred hitchcock, art direction, art in film, ballet, best film design, bfi, black comedy, british cinema, cinematography, classic film, classical music, costume design, creative writing, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film music, film posters, film production, film scores, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, fritz lang, hays code, hollywood, hollywood satire, horror, howard hawks, independent american cinema, jack nicholson, jack palance, john huston, king vidor, kirk douglas, london film, marilyn monroe, marlon brando, marx brothers, mccarthyism, michael curtiz, musical theatre, musicals, NIDA, parody, period films, playwrights, post production, post-war film, pre-code hollywood, pre-war film, privilege of legends, robert aldrich, satire, screen adaptations, screenwriting, set design, shakespeare, silent films, sonny syah, symbolism in film, tennessee williams, the big knife, theatre in film, Uncategorized, world cinema

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Through The Lens: James Wong Howe

Published January 19, 2017May 25, 2018 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 50's film, 60's film, academy awards, acting, AFTRS, art in film, asian cinema, auteurs, bfi, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, classical music, cold war, colour in film, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing film, director of photography, directors, experimental film, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film essay, film genre, film lighting, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, gangster films, graphic art, hard boiled, hays code, howard hawks, independent american cinema, independent film, james cagney, james wong howe, john ford, john huston, london art, london film, long takes, mccarthyism, melodrama, michael curtiz, mob films, neorealism, NIDA, period films, politics, post production, post-war film, pre-code hollywood, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, rko pictures, sam fuller, samuel fuller, sci-fi, screenwriting, shooting technique, silent films, sonny syah, surrealism, symbolism in film, technicolor, thriller, toning, Uncategorized, war films

Mann Synonymous With Noir

Published January 7, 2017March 12, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 40's film, 50's film, academy awards, acting, adventure films, alfred hitchcock, art in film, auteurs, bfi, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, cowboy films, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, detour, directing, directing film, directors, editing, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film lighting, film noir, film posters, film production, film studies, film theory, film titles, filmmaking, gangster films, german expressionism, hard boiled, hitchcock, hollywood, london art, london film, melodrama, mob films, NIDA, painting, period films, post-war film, privilege of legends, prohibition era, propaganda film, pulp crime fiction, rko pictures, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, symbolism in film, thriller, Uncategorized, western films

Cinema Behind Bars

Published July 10, 2016January 20, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, 60's film, 70's film, 80's film, academy awards, acting, adventure films, alan clarke, anti-war film, art in film, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, bresson, british cinema, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, film art, film blog, film censorship, film editing, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, france, french cinema, french new wave, gangster films, hollywood, independent american cinema, independent film, john ford, london film, melodrama, neo noir, NIDA, period films, poetic realism, post production, post-war film, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, ray winstone, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, Uncategorized, world cinema

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Isolation & The Western

Published June 25, 2016January 20, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in academy awards, acting, adventure films, art in film, auteurs, bfi, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, colour in film, cowboy films, creative writing, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, eastman color, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film lighting, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, henry fonda, hollywood, howard hawks, jim jarmusch, joan crawford, john ford, john wayne, london art, london film, marlon brando, melodrama, NIDA, period films, privilege of legends, robert aldrich, samuel fuller, screenwriting, shooting technique, silent films, sonny syah, symbolism in film, technicolor, the searchers, Uncategorized, western films

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At First Glance: A Second To Reflect On The Third Man

Published June 11, 2016January 23, 2021 by Privilege Of Legends in 40's film, academy awards, acting, adventure films, AFTRS, alexander korda, anti-war film, art in film, auteurs, bfi, blog essay, british cinema, carol reed, cinematography, classic film, classical music, composers, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, editing, fascism, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film design, film editing, film essay, film genre, film lighting, film music, film noir, film posters, film production, film scores, film studies, film theory, film vienna, filmmaking, foreign film, german expressionism, graham greene, hard boiled, hitchcock, joseph cotten, london art, london film, neo noir, NIDA, orson welles, period films, poetic realism, politics, post production, post-war film, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, symbolism in film, the third man, third man museum, thriller, Uncategorized, world cinema

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Jewels Of The Czechoslovakian New Wave

Published May 18, 2016January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 50's film, 60's film, academy awards, acting, anti-war film, art in film, auteurs, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, cold war, colour in film, creative writing, criterion, cult film, czech new wave, directing film, directors, eastern european film, editing, fascism, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film editing, film essay, film genre, film posters, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, french new wave, german expressionism, independent film, italian neo-realism, jiri menzel, le bonbon uk, london art, london film, neo-realism, NIDA, parody, politics, post-war film, pre-war film, privilege of legends, propaganda film, satire, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, subtitles cafe, Uncategorized, world cinema

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Keeping The Light On For Alan Clarke

Published April 21, 2016April 19, 2018 by Privilege Of Legends in 70's film, 80's film, acting, AFTRS, alan clarke, andy kelleher, art in film, auteurs, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, colour in film, creative writing, crime film, criterion, cult film, david bowie, directing film, directors, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, french new wave, gary oldman, independent film, italian neo-realism, le bonbon uk, london art, london film, melodrama, neo noir, neo-realism, NIDA, parody, poetic realism, politics, post production, privilege of legends, ray winstone, satire, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, tim roth, Uncategorized, world cinema

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Renaissance Man: The Hefty Work Of John Huston

Published April 14, 2016January 8, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in academy awards, acting, adventure films, art in film, asphalt jungle, auteurs, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, criterion, cult film, directing, directing film, directors, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, hard boiled, hollywood, hollywood satire, humphrey bogart, independent film, john huston, le bonbon uk, london art, london film, marilyn monroe, melodrama, moby dick, neo noir, NIDA, period films, post production, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, raoul walsh, raymond chandler, satire, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, tennessee williams, Uncategorized

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In Love & On The Run

Published April 1, 2016January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in academy awards, acting, art in film, auteurs, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, cult film, david lynch, directing film, directors, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, gangster films, hard boiled, hollywood, independent american cinema, independent film, le bonbon uk, london film, melodrama, neo noir, period films, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, quentin tarantino, satire, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, Terrence malick, thriller, Uncategorized

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All That Glitters…

Published July 23, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 50's film, acting, bad and the beautiful, bfi, brigitte bardot, classic film, contempt, cult film, film art, film blog, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, filmmaking, french cinema, french new wave, fritz lang, hollywood satire, jack palance, jean-luc godard, kirk douglas, melodrama, orson welles, parody, privilege of legends, robert aldrich, satire, shelley winters, the big knife, val lewton, vincente minnelli

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Keep On Truckin’

Published June 24, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 50's film, acting, anthony quinn, auteurs, bfi, blog essay, classic film, clouzot, creative writing, cult film, dassin, directing, fellini, film art, film blog, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, french cinema, giulietta masina, italian neo-realism, lee j cobb, mccarthyism, privilege of legends, richard conte, screenwriting, sonny syah, tennessee williams

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Jean Gabin: Timeless Style

Published September 29, 2014January 10, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in acting, auteurs, classic film, cult film, film art, film blog, film noir, film production, filmmaking, france, french cinema, french new wave, jean gabin, poetic realism, pre-war film, privilege of legends, sonny syah

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Summer In The City

Published March 8, 2014March 23, 2016 by Privilege Of Legends in acting, akira kurosawa, alfred hitchcock, auteurs, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, cult film, directing, film blog, film genre, filmmaking, privilege of legends, screenwriting, sonny syah, spike lee

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