Favorite Opening/Title Sequences

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by NickySee, Jun 1, 2021.

  1. MrCJF

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    How many Theme from Shaft elements has this white lawyer culturally appropriated?

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  2. Lightworker

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  3. a customer

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    Also my favorite John Williams theme.
    Cool opening to get people reading the credits
     
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  4. Hallogallo

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    I always loved how the narrator states a different title than the one on the screen!
     
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  6. NickySee

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    Shaft was the template for more 70s themes than I care to know. But this one actually looks interesting (never watched it). Thanks. It's a crime investigation series (2 seasons) told in a Rashomon-like style. Got an Emmy in '75 for editing. Episodes are up on The Tube. Here's the first:

     
  7. MrCJF

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    It was another favourite in our house. It operated to a diferent formula to the other crime shows. (I've not seen Rashomon, but I'm guessing it's another multiple unreliable eye witnesses story).

    I recall there was at least one episode where his client turned out to be guilty.
     
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  8. Many owe a lot to the opening title sequence of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

     
  9. NickySee

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    Yeah! Bring on the great 70s Horror Film Openings!

     
  10. Wildest cat from montana

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    Read something somewhere where someone said you could see Stanley Kubrick's face in the clouds in this fantastic opening.
    Not seeing it myself.
     
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  11. In the North American version you can only see it legally in Canada. ;)
     
  12. Drew

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    Rockford Files needs to be on the list based on the answering machine gag alone.
     
  13. NickySee

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    The theories about hidden and not-so-hidden visual messages in this movie, including the doc, Room 237, sometimes verge on the ridiculous. :)
    Just ran into The Wendy Theory. They don't stop coming!
     
  14. NickySee

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    Not sure if I ever had this on VHS...

     
  15. NickySee

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    Another creepy 70s Classic

     
  16. NickySee

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    And another...

     
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    and another...

     
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  19. Wildest cat from montana

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    Could be an age thing but I prefer the original.
    When Kevin McCarthy returns to the cave and embraces and kisses Dana Wynter only to discover she's 'changed' is one of my favourite movie scenes. The dead look she has in her eyes is chilling.
     
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  20. four sticks

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    Barney Miller

     
  21. Alert

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    The opening sequence from the original (1988 - 89) "The American Experience" on PBS is among my favorites for television series. They would revamp this every few years and with a similar tone.

    But I always liked the original best.

     
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  22. NickySee

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    PBS has sponsored many programs (too many to mention - and harder to find samples!) with really unforgettable themes/opening credits over the years.

     
  23. bmasters9

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    In what way?
     
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  24. Yeah, the length is what I remember about it - I would’ve sworn it was almost ten minutes long.
     
  25. NickySee

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    The neon colored squares in block patterns; the horn punctuated disco rhythms... in fact, BOTH themes were composed by John Carl Parker!

    His CHiPs treatment -

     
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