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      Julia Levin
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      Julia Levin
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      Julia Levin
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      Julia Levin
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      Julia Levin
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      Julia Levin
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      Julia Levin
      March 2019
      Issue 90
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      Julia Levin
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Author Julia Levin

Julia Levin

Julia Levin is a freelance writer on film. Originally from Latvia (Baltic States), she came to the United States at the age of 22 and went to study film at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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1959: Ballad of a Soldier (Grigori Chukhrai)

Julia Levin
December 2017
100 Years of Soviet Cinema
Issue 85
Ballad of a Soldier (1959 Soviet Union 89 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Mosfilm Prod: M. Chernova Dir: Grigori Chukhrai Scr: Grigori Chukhrai, Valentin Yezhov Phot: Vladimir Nikolayev, Era Savelyeva...
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Amarcord

Julia Levin
April 2010
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 54
The world of Fellini’s Amarcord is one shaped by the director’s own imagination. Often accused of being an apolitical artist who betrayed neo-realism and cared only about his own personal “playground”,...
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Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez

Julia Levin
October 2003
Great Directors
Issue 28
b. December 11, 1928, Havana, Cuba d. April 16, 1996, Havana, Cuba filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The films of Cuban filmmaker Tomás Gutiérrez Alea give insight into...
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The Blood of a Poet

Julia Levin
July 2003
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 27
The Blood of a Poet/Le Sang d'un poète (1930 France 50 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Vicomte de Noailles Prod: Vicomte de Noailles (uncredited) Dir, Scr, Ed: Jean Cocteau Phot: Georges Périnal Art...
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Ballad of a Soldier

Julia Levin
December 2002
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Issue 23
Ballad of a Soldier (1959 Soviet Union 89 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Mosfilm Prod: M. Chernova Dir: Grigori Chukhrai Scr: Grigori Chukhrai, Valentin Yezhov Phot: Vladimir Nikolayev, Era Savelyeva...

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