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Six Fatal Kisses

Published March 11, 2018February 27, 2019 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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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

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 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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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

A Jungle Reverie: The Mystic Allure Of The Unexplored

Published August 1, 2016January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in akira kurosawa, anti-war film, art in film, bfi, blog essay, british cinema, cinematography, classic film, cold war, creative writing, film art, film blog, film design, film essay, film genre, film production, independent american cinema, japanese cinema, london art, london film, post production, privilege of legends, russian film, screenwriting, shooting technique, symbolism in film, vietnam war films, war films, world cinema

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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Art & The Avant-Garde

Published May 25, 2016January 8, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 30's films, 40's film, AFTRS, art in film, auteurs, avant garde, bfi, blog essay, blood of a poet, cinematography, classic film, cocteau, color of pomegranates, creative writing, criterion, cult film, dadaism, directing, directing film, directors, dziga vertoz, eastern european film, experimental film, 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 cinema, hitchcock, independent american cinema, independent film, london art, london film, luis bunuel, man ray, man with a movie camera, marcel duchamp, max ernst, maya deren, meshes of the afternoon, NIDA, politics, post production, post-war film, pre-war film, privilege of legends, propaganda film, russian film, salvador dali, screenwriting, shooting technique, silent films, soviet montage theory, surrealism, symbolism in film, 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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Independent Black Cinema

Published October 14, 2015January 8, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 70's cinema, 80's film, black cinema, blaxploitation, charles burnett, cinematography, classic film, film art, film blog, film genre, filmmaking, independent american cinema, london art, michael roemer, privilege of legends, sonny syah, spike lee

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A Score To Settle

Published March 8, 2015January 10, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in academy awards, adventure films, bernard hermann, bfi, cinematography, classic film, composers, cult film, directing, ennio morricone, film music, film production, film scores, film sound, giorgio moroder, independent american cinema, independent film, screenwriting, shooting technique, soundtracks

A Story Re-Told

Published February 19, 2015January 10, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in academy awards, adventure films, auteurs, bfi, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, cult film, directing, film production, foreign cinema, foreign film, independent american cinema, independent film, japanese cinema, screenwriting, shakespeare, shooting technique, vietnam war films

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Another Medium

Published January 23, 2015January 10, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in auteurs, ballet, cinematography, classic film, classical music, cult film, dance, directing, film art, film music, film production, independent american cinema, painting, screenwriting

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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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