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The Art of the Title

  • March 16, 2011 10:39 am

I love this! South By Southwest (SXSW), which is happening right now, held a Title Design Competition, to showcase the art behind movie and TV title sequences. As for the title design competition at SXSW, the winner was the titles from BLUE VALENTINE. You can check out this amazing work and an interview with the sequence designers over here.

Inspired by this, the website Art of the Title, whipped up a cool video showcasing a brief history of movie (and some TV) titles. It’s quite something and really shows that sometimes a movie can live or die with a great title splash, especially in setting the mood and expectation of  2 hour rollercoaster ride. Lots of Alfred Hitchcock titles in there, designed by the legendary Saul Bass. Offender Phil has written about his favorite title sequence, which is the French New Wave classic, THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG.  Read more...

10 Romantic Films You Probably Didn’t Know Existed

  • February 3, 2011 12:01 am

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and perhaps you’re looking for a romantic movie to share with that special someone, but you want to find something off the beaten path. As great as they are, there are just so many times you can watch Casablanca or When Harry Met Sally or Titanic or any number of your usual stand-bys. Well, here are ten romantic films (in no particular order) that you may be unfamiliar with, but that are all worth a look.

1) IL MARE (2000)
Director: Hyun-Seung Lee

Forget the American remake of this Korean sci-fi romance (The Lake House with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves) and stick with the far-superior original. My Sassy Girl’s Jun Ji-Hyun and Lee Jung-Jae are the ultimate star-crossed lovers: they both reside in the same lake house, but while he lives in the present, she lives two years in the past. The two can only communicate via letters left in their “time traveling” mailbox. As their timelines are about to converge and it looks like the lovers will finally meet face-to-face, a tragedy strikes unless…well, let’s just say that this is a time travel story so anything is possible, especially for a movie that believes that even time or death can’t get in the way of true love.

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1,001 Reasons I Love Movies: (#7) My Favorite Opening Title Sequence

  • December 20, 2009 2:51 am

One of my favorite films is Jacques Demy’s 1964 French New Wave musical The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. I try to watch it every year around this time. I think my favorite opening title sequence of any film is from this movie, largely in part to the beautiful score by Michel Legrand. Check it out below and if you haven’t seen the film, go out and rent it now!

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