Your favorite title sequence
Last Tango in Paris
Pierrot le Fou
Contempt
Lost Highway
Mon Oncle
I’m Not There
Does anyone like the title sequences with the songs sung by frankie laine?
Anything that Saul Bass has done is the best. Also, Jake la motta shadow boxing in slow motion is incredible.
what’s the difference between a title sequence and an opening sequence? Is it just the title itself, or can it include scenes that happen in between or before? What if a film has no opening credits? Anyway, the first thing that comes to mind it “My Own Private Idaho”. I love the colors, text, music, River Phoenix on the empty road, the close ups of nature; perfectly sets the tone for the film.
I’ll skip the Saul Bass work since his work is THE PANTHEON of title design and can’t really be compared to others…
Panic Room (recalls My Man Godfrey; see below)
My Man Godfrey (20 years before Bass revolutionized title design, this movie’s credits bucked the title-card/page turning style for a very offbeat and ironic credit sequence)
Charade (Maurice Binder’s best non-Bond work)
Marat/Sade (has to be seen to be believed)
Nashville (recall’s a comerical for any number of K-Tel record collections)
Kiss Me Deadly (titles run backwards)
The Hunger (guiltiest of guilty pleasures)
If we are talking title sequences there is only one auteur of title sequences and that is Saul Bass, his work with Hitchcock was great but he out did himself for ‘Anatomy of A Murder’
Thomas Crown Affair,although the song is dated at best.
Just watched Godard’s A Woman Is A Woman, and I quite enjoyed the titles.
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I always enjoyed the ’97 version of “Funny Games”. Text and dread. “Repulsion” is another good example.
Also, a forgotten time, any 1980’s animated title sequences to live action films (Mannequin, One Crazy Summer, etc.).
>>My Man Godfrey (20 years before Bass revolutionized title design, this movie’s credits bucked the title-card/page turning style for a very offbeat and ironic credit sequence)<<
Several Universal films from the early 30s have inventive titles. I have a soft-spot for the turntable titles for THE MUMMY and SHOWBOAT.
“Billion Dollar Brain… sexy girls, guns, Michael Caine with bold rimmed glasses, and lots of freeze frames”.
Oh yes.
The opening sequence that haunted me since childhood is from The Gene Krupa Story – A single (B+W) vertical crane tracking shot from a drum kit as a solo plays…
The James Bond’s film title sequences are always great with a specific theme song for each film.
Pierrot Le Fou
“Stranger than Fiction” I wuld have to say. Tons of nice graphics along with the narroration of the character made it not only a part of the story but a great/interesting way to show the credits and add to the film.
Pierrot Le Fou
Romeo and Juliet (with Leo + Claire) ALL THE WAY.
Almost Famous (although it was incredibly simple)
The Royal Tenenbaums
Saul Bass !
Se7en
It’s a Mad Mad Mad World
The Chairman – 60s Gregory Peck movie – the films only so-so but the title sequence is awesome
I agree Se7en sticks in the mind as one of the greatest in recent times.
Vivre Sa Vie
I don’t know the name of the movie or even remember exactly what it was about, but it’s a B&W drama (or noir) that I saw on TV in the mid 70s.
A cash register type tape lowered down on the right side of the screen and it had all of the credits on I don’t know how man yards of this paper. It would lower down a little, stop, then a hand with scissors on the left side cut the paper and it would lower down a little and repeat. I remember being very impressed with it and I have always wanted to see it again.
Anyone know the movie?
Barbarella.
opening credits in guy ritchie’s snatch and rocknrolla are pretty neat
eternal sunshine is my favorite though
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