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Spotlight on the 1951 “M”: A Remake Worth Watching

Published November 15, 2020November 16, 2020 by Privilege Of Legends in film noir, hollywood blacklist, hollywood remakes, joseph losey films

Unsung Heroes of White Hollywood

Published June 18, 2020June 28, 2020 by Privilege Of Legends in black actors, black cinema, black entertainment history, black films, calypso legends, cinema essay, cult film, film blog, film essay, film noir, film posters, film studies, film theory, minorities in hollywood, Uncategorized

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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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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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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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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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‘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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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

Films On Filmmaking

Published January 14, 2015January 9, 2017 by Privilege Of Legends in academy awards, auteurs, cinematography, classic film, creative writing, cult film, directing, directors, film art, film blog, film production, filmmaking, privilege of legends, screenwriting, sonny syah

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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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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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