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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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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

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

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

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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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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‘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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