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Category: post-war film

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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Take A Stroll Through S. Parajanov Museum

Published June 11, 2017June 11, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 60's film, academy awards, andrei tarkovsky, anti-war film, armenian film, art direction, art in film, ashik kerib, auteurs, avant garde, best film design, bfi, blog essay, british cinema, cinematography, classic film, classical music, cold war, color of pomegranates, colour in film, costume design, creative writing, criterion, cult film, dadaism, directing film, director of photography, directors, eastern european film, experimental film, fascism, film art, film blog, film censorship, film design, film essay, film genre, film posters, film production, film scores, film sound, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, foreign cinema, foreign film, georgian film, hollywood satire, independent film, legend of suram fortress, london art, london film, neo-realism, neorealism, NIDA, parody, period films, poetic realism, politics, post production, post-war film, privilege of legends, propaganda, propaganda film, russian film, satire, screenwriting, sergei paradjanov museum, sergei parajanov, set design, shooting technique, sonny syah, soviet film, soviet montage theory, surrealism, symbolism 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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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