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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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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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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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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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Hollywood And The Nuclear Age

Published September 2, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 50's film, 60's film, 80's film, academy awards, AFTRS, alex cox, anti-war film, art in film, auteurs, bfi, black comedy, cinematography, classic film, cold war, crime fiction, directing, film art, film essay, film genre, film noir, film production, filmmaking, hard boiled, london film, mickey spillane, peter sellers, politics, privilege of legends, pulp crime fiction, ralph meeker, robert aldrich, satire, science fiction, shooting technique, sonny syah, stanley kubrick

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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