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Category: hollywood

The Deadly Gent: British Crime Films of 1970-1972

Published May 9, 2019December 28, 2020 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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Noir in Six Fatal Kisses

Published March 11, 2018March 29, 2021 by Privilege Of Legends in 40's film, 50's film, academy awards, art direction, art in film, ben hecht, bfi, billy wilder, blog essay, classic film, cold war, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, double indemnity, fascism, femme fatale, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, gangster films, hard boiled, hays code, hollywood, independent american cinema, independent film, james cagney, james m cain, london film, mccarthyism, mickey spillane, neo noir, privilege of legends, pulp crime, pulp crime fiction, pulp fiction, ralph meeker, raoul walsh, raymond chandler, richard conte, rko pictures, robert aldrich, robert siodmak, sam fuller, samuel fuller, scorsese, screen adaptations, screenwriting, sonny syah, spy films, spy movies, stanley kubrick, Uncategorized, war films
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Ben Hecht: Hollywood Headliner

Published January 30, 2018April 13, 2018 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, academy awards, alfred hitchcock, art in film, auteurs, ben hecht, bfi, black comedy, blog essay, broadway, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing film, directors, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film parody, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, hollywood, hollywood satire, howard hawks, john ford, john wayne, london film, marilyn monroe, michael curtiz, musicals, NIDA, otto preminger, playwrights, post production, pre-code hollywood, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, robert siodmak, satire, screen adaptations, screenwriting, set design, sonny syah, technicolor, theatre in film, Uncategorized, western films
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The Spy Films Of Fritz Lang

Published January 5, 2018January 6, 2018 by Privilege Of Legends in 40's film, academy awards, adventure films, alfred hitchcock, anti-nazi, anti-war film, art direction, art in film, auteurs, bfi, blog essay, british cinema, carol reed, cinematography, classic film, cold war, creative writing, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing, directing film, directors, fascism, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, film vienna, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, fritz lang, german expressionism, graham greene, graphic art, hard boiled, hays code, hitchcock, hollywood, independent american cinema, independent film, italian neo-realism, london film, mccarthyism, michael curtiz, neo-realism, neorealism, NIDA, paramount pictures, period films, politics, post production, post-war film, pre-war film, privilege of legends, propaganda film, screen adaptations, screenwriting, silent films, sonny syah, spy films, spy movies, the third man, thriller, Uncategorized, war films, warner brothers, world cinema
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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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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
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A Kurosawa Retrospective: Interview With Franck Lubet

Published March 10, 2017April 13, 2018 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, 60's film, 70's cinema, 80's film, academy awards, akira kurosawa, anti-war film, art direction, art in film, asian cinema, auteurs, best film design, bfi, british cinema, cinematography, classic film, crime fiction, crime film, criterion, cult film, directing, directing film, director of photography, directors, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film posters, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, francis ford coppola, gangster films, hollywood, independent film, japanese cinema, john ford, london film, melodrama, neo-realism, NIDA, period films, post production, post-war film, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, quentin tarantino, scorsese, screenwriting, set design, shakespeare, shooting technique, sonny syah, spielberg, symbolism in film, Toshiro Mifune, Uncategorized, world cinema
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The Detailed Eye: Art Direction & Design In Film

Published February 27, 2017September 1, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, 50's film, academy awards, art direction, art in film, auteurs, best film design, bfi, billy wilder, blog essay, british cinema, cedric gibbons, cinematography, classic film, classical music, colour in film, costume design, creative writing, criterion, cult film, directing film, director of photography, directors, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, hollywood, independent film, ingmar bergman, jazz, john ford, london art, london film, melodrama, NIDA, orson welles, painting, period films, politics, post-war film, pre-code hollywood, pre-war film, privilege of legends, russian film, screenwriting, set design, shooting technique, silent films, sonny syah, spain film, symbolism in film, Uncategorized
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An International Tour With The Stanley Kubrick Exhibition

Published January 28, 2017February 3, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 2001 space odyssey, 50's film, 60's film, 70's film, 80's film, academy awards, anti-war film, art in film, auteurs, barry lyndon, bfi, blog essay, cinematography, classic film, clockwork orange, cold war, colour in film, creative writing, criterion, cult film, deutsche filmmuseum, directing film, director of photography, directors, dr strangelove, eyes wide shut, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, film studies, film theory, film titles, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, full metal jacket, hitchcock, hollywood, hollywood satire, horror, independent american cinema, independent film, jack nicholson, kubrick, kurosawa, lolita, london art, london film, melodrama, nicolas roeg, NIDA, period films, politics, post production, privilege of legends, sci-fi, science fiction, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah, spartacus, stanley kubrick, stanley kubrick exhibition, symbolism in film, thriller, Uncategorized
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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
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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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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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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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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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Feminism And The Film Noir

Published October 7, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 40's film, 50's film, 60's film, anne savage, billy wilder, cinematography, classic film, coen brothers, crime fiction, detour, double indemnity, edward dmytrick, fascism, femme fatale, film art, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, filmmaking, fritz lang, gaby rodgers, german expressionism, hollywood, james m cain, joan crawford, john ford, linda darnell, michael curtiz, mickey spillane, mildred pierce, neo noir, post-war film, privilege of legends, raymond chandler, rita hayworth, robert siodmak, roman polanski, sam fuller, sonny syah, stanley kubrick, the killing, western films, 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
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‘To Suggest Is To Create’. The Psychological Thrillers Of The 40’s

Published June 29, 2015January 8, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 40's film, charles vidor, classic film, creative writing, cult film, directing film, film art, film blog, film essay, film noir, film production, hitchcock, hollywood, horror, orson welles, privilege of legends, rko pictures, robert siodmak, sonny syah, thriller, val lewton
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