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Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Vic Sage
Jan 23 2012 07:15 AM

opening title sequences used to be an artform, particularly in the 60s and 70s, with the influence of pop art.
Saul Bass did many of the title sequences for Hitchcock's films and are still powerfully evocative.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/category/d ... saul-bass/

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 23 2012 09:40 AM
Re: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 23 2012 09:48 AM

My favorite title sequence ever belongs to Delicatessen.

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Edgy MD
Jan 23 2012 09:44 AM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

The Pink Panther. The film launched two institutions --- the Clouseau character and his stories and the opening credit cartoons.

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 23 2012 09:50 AM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

My mother used to let me watch The Pink Panther title sequences whenever the movies came on tv. I loved them.

Edgy MD
Jan 23 2012 09:56 AM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

It seems like, with the Bond films and Pink Panther films, the early sixties was a breakthrough era for stylish title sequences, and a lot of good latter day sequences ---- Down with Love, Catch Me if You Can, Hi Fidelity --- reference that era. Hi Fidelity's closing sequence was even better, with the credits appearing on tattered concert posters.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 23 2012 10:05 AM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

Fincher's titles comprise a subgenre unto themselves. This one tops Dragon Tattoo, methinks.

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This one's interesting, too.

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bmfc1
Jan 23 2012 02:00 PM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

Don't forget Fincher's opening for "Fight Club." (But don't talk about Fight Club.)

metirish
Jan 23 2012 05:20 PM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

Disturbing but brilliant , watch the first two minutes

Hunger


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MFS62
Jan 27 2012 08:59 PM
Re: Title Sequences (split from The Girl with the Dragon Tat

My favorite title sequence is from the movie "The Loved One".
No flash and crash or dizzying graphics.
A plane lands at LAX, and star Robert Morse is seen walking toward Customs as the credits roll.
What makes this memorable is his answer to the customs agent's question about his occupation as the credits end.
I looked high and low for a video to post, couldn't find one.
But the movie is so good, I'd recommend you rent it and see for yourself.

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