5.09.2013

SAUL BASS: LEGENDARY TITLES SEQUENCE DESIGN

Martin Scorcese with Saul Bass (pictured on the right).
Saul Bass, was the ultimate master of the titles sequence design. From  "North By Northwest" to the "Man With A Golden Arm" to the "Seven Year Itch" to "Anatomy Of A Murder" to the  "Goodfellas".



Arguably Bass' finest? The essence of Hitchcock's smartest thriller is distilled into a snappy animated sequence, with credits moving smoothly into place on the polished facades of skyscrapers: and finishing with Hitchcock himself running for a bus.

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