Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Murder by Death (1976) titles sequence
artoftthetitles.com
Wayne Fitzgerald’s opening titles for Murder by Death produce more questions than answers, but that is the MO of any mystery worth its salt.
As the titles “Murder” and “Death” hover ominously, it takes the audience a moment to register that the illustrated cutouts aren’t the familiar Addams Family characters from the New Yorker, but rather a new set of characters drawn by Charles Addams acting out a scene of miniature malice. And then *bum BUM* the kettle drum confirms the viewer’s suspicion that this is no ordinary mystery… this is murder.
The drum beats again and the plot thickens: A corpse lies on the floor, eleven knives bristling from his back. Eleven knives, eleven suspects! The camera tracks right and left scanning each artfully rendered face, but the expressions of all these would-be murders remain static — save for their suspicious, shifty little eyes. It’s impossible to read their dubious gazes, but whether or not we can deduce the culprit makes no matter because, in the end, the titles only promised us a mystery… and nothing more.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
actors&directors
Audrey Hepburn and Richard Lester "Robin and Marian"
Herbert Ross and Dyan Cannon "The Last of Sheila"
Marlon Brando and Bernardo Bertolucci "Last Tango in Paris"
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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