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Sleight of Hand: The Magic of Deception

Published August 16, 2019December 28, 2020 by Privilege Of Legends in biopic, film essay, film genre, film magicians, film pioneers, film studies, film theory, filmmaking, george melies, magic in film, screen adaptations, silent films, Uncategorized, vaudeville
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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Montage Theory: The Power Of Images

Published November 6, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in battleship potemkin, cinematography, classic film, dziga vertoz, eisenstein, film art, film blog, film editing, film genre, film production, foreign film, hitchcock, le bonbon uk, odessa steps, privilege of legends, propaganda film, psycho, pudovkin, sonny syah, soviet montage theory
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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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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
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The Outback Upfront

Published April 1, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 70's film, AFTRS, australian cinema, Australian film industry, australian new wave, cinematography, creative writing, cult film, directing, film blog, film genre, film production, foreign film, fred schepisi, george miller, independent film, mad max, mel gibson, nicolas roeg, NIDA, peter weir, privilege of legends, screenwriting, sonny syah, the chant of jimmy blacksmith, the last wave, wake in fright, walkabout
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War As A Backdrop

Published March 21, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in 50's film, academy awards, andrei tarkovsky, andrzej wajda, anti-war film, auteurs, bfi, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, cult film, czech new wave, directing, eastern european film, film production, jiri menzel, poland cinema, privilege of legends, russian film, screenwriting, war films
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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
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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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The Long Take

Published October 3, 2014January 10, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in auteurs, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, directing, directors, editing, film blog, film noir, filmmaking, long takes, privilege of legends, screenwriting, shooting technique, sonny syah
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Jean Gabin: Timeless Style

Published September 29, 2014January 10, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in acting, auteurs, classic film, cult film, film art, film blog, film noir, film production, filmmaking, france, french cinema, french new wave, jean gabin, poetic realism, pre-war film, privilege of legends, sonny syah
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It Was All A Dream…

Published August 19, 2014January 8, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in cinematography, classic film, cocteau, creative writing, directing, film art, film blog, film production, filmmaking, french cinema, hitchcock, ingmar bergman, kurosawa, luis bunuel, privilege of legends, salvador dali, screenwriting, sonny syah, spain film, sweden film
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In Praise Of Shadows

Published August 8, 2014March 26, 2016 by Privilege Of Legends in auteurs, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, directing, film art, film blog, film lighting, film noir, film production, filmmaking, privilege of legends, screenwriting, sonny syah
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The Politics Of Cinema

Published March 23, 2014March 23, 2016 by Privilege Of Legends in anti-war film, auteurs, battle of algiers, cinematography, classic film, conformist, creative writing, cult film, directing, fascism, film blog, film production, foreign cinema, mccarthyism, neo-realism, politics, privilege of legends, propaganda film, salt of the earth, screenwriting, sonny syah, world cinema
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Summer In The City

Published March 8, 2014March 23, 2016 by Privilege Of Legends in acting, akira kurosawa, alfred hitchcock, auteurs, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, cult film, directing, film blog, film genre, filmmaking, privilege of legends, screenwriting, sonny syah, spike lee
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