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The Deadly Gent: British Crime Films of 1970-1972

Published May 9, 2019 by Privilege Of Legends in 70's cinema, 70's film, al capone, art direction, art in film, bfi, blaxploitation, blog essay, british board of film censors, british cinema, british crime films, british films, cinematography, classic film, composers, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing, directing film, director of photography, directors, experimental film, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film distribution, film essay, film genre, film music, film noir, film parody, film posters, film production, film scores, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign film, french cinema, french new wave, gangster films, hard boiled, hollywood, hollywood satire, independent film, jazz, london art, london film, michael caine, mickey spillane, musical theatre, musicals, neo noir, nicolas roeg, organised crime, parody, period films, playwrights, politics, privilege of legends, pulp crime, pulp crime fiction, pulp fiction, raoul walsh, raymond chandler, realism in film, richard burton, satire, screen adaptations, screenwriting, sonny and his pen, sonny syah, symbolism in film, theatre in film, thriller, Uncategorized, walkabout, warner brothers

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An Aragonian In Mexico

Published May 29, 2017June 14, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, 60's film, academy awards, anti-war film, art direction, art in film, auteurs, avant garde, battle of algiers, best film design, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, british cinema, Buñuel mexico, cinematography, classic film, classical music, cocteau, colour in film, creative writing, criterion, cult film, dadaism, deutsche filmmuseum, directing, directing film, director of photography, editing, experimental film, fascism, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film editing, film essay, film genre, film music, film posters, film production, film scores, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, french new wave, hitchcock, hollywood, hollywood satire, independent film, ingmar bergman, italian neo-realism, jazz, jean-luc godard, john huston, london art, london film, luis bunuel, mexican cinema, mexico film, neo-realism, neorealism, NIDA, period films, poetic realism, politics, post production, post-war film, pre-war film, privilege of legends, propaganda film, salvador dali, screenwriting, set design, shooting technique, silent films, sonny syah, spain film, surrealism, symbolism in film, Uncategorized

The Good Pulp Novelist Always Rings True

Published November 20, 2016January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, academy awards, AFTRS, art in film, auteurs, avant garde, bfi, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, fascism, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, france, french cinema, french new wave, gangster films, hard boiled, hays code, hollywood, italian neo-realism, london art, london film, michael curtiz, mildred pierce, neo noir, neo-realism, neorealism, period films, poetic realism, post production, post-war film, pre-code hollywood, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, raymond chandler, rko pictures, screenwriting, sonny syah, symbolism in film, Uncategorized, world cinema

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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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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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Soured Hopes & Cinema’s Hoodlum

Published March 23, 2016January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, academy awards, art in film, asian cinema, bfi, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, d.w griffith, directing film, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film genre, film noir, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign film, french new wave, gangster films, hays code, hollywood, humphrey bogart, independent film, james cagney, japanese cinema, jean-pierre melville, le bonbon uk, london art, neo noir, pre-code hollywood, pre-war film, prohibition era, pulp crime fiction, raoul walsh, scorsese, screenwriting, shooting technique, silent films, sonny syah, thriller, Uncategorized, world cinema

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Colour In Film: A Journey Through The Spectrum

Published October 5, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, andrei tarkovsky, asian cinema, cinematography, colour in film, colour tints, d.w griffith, david lynch, duncan jones, eastman color, f.w murnau, film art, film blog, film essay, film genre, film production, filmmaking, foreign cinema, francis ford coppola, french new wave, george lucas, george melies, hollywood, jean-pierre melville, period films, post production, privilege of legends, robert altman, russian film, sci-fi, silent films, sonny syah, technicolor, three colors trilogy, toning, wong kar wai, world cinema

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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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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MCMLIX

Published July 21, 2014March 28, 2016 by Privilege Of Legends in 50's film, bresson, camus, cassavetes, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, cult film, directing, fellini, film blog, film production, foreign cinema, french new wave, independent american cinema, neo-realism, privilege of legends, screenwriting, sonny syah, truffaut

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