Classics

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2020)

The title of this film really defines the beauty and function of modern film titles:
1. Integrate the film title in the form and the film itself (the early film titles only have the role of account and hint)
The north-north-westerly opening title transitioned from an abstract grid background to a Manhattan building, and finally the impact focused on the crowd. This small paragraph itself is also a dismantling of the meaning of the building, that is, the conflict of people under the cross line.
2. The first application of Kinetic Typography to movies (the text of the early movie titles is still)
In the digital age, we have become accustomed to text animation. Personal computers can easily use AE to make cool effects. Films in the film age need to be realized with optical stunts.
Saul Bass groundbreakingly made the opening text move up and down on the grid plane, and the text design merged with the grid, with a perspective effect, which took another big step for the opening text design.
The most impressive is the scene of the plane chasing the male host and the final scene of fighting on the presidential hill. In the last scene, the male host takes the female host's hand, and the next second shot is on the train! (The hint that the train enters the hole is also absolute!
However, the details are still very obvious. For example, if the female host is an agent, why would you give the male host a note to lead him to be chased by the plane? Even if it is because of helping him escape from the police?