If Saul Bass did Star Wars

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 06 Mar 2008 13:07

Anyone with a passing knowledge of 60's cinema (or if you've ever seen an Alfred Hitchcock film) will know the late Saul Bass, a legendary graphic designer. Here is a speculative video of the Star Wars opening done Saul Bass style

http://galleyslaves.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... -wars.html

Love it

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » 06 Mar 2008 14:56

Thx for the tip GamePlayer, I'll look into that later.

orald · Post by **orald** » 06 Mar 2008 15:18

Oh God no!

Tleszer · Post by **Tleszer** » 06 Mar 2008 17:13

Hmmm... I don't think I could ever get used to that style

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 06 Mar 2008 18:18

Hmm, I take it there are no classic film lovers in the crowd? No Sergio Leone, Hitchcock or Kubrick fans?

orald · Post by **orald** » 06 Mar 2008 18:52

There's "classic" and there's just "old and horrible".

Like all those classic movie channels on TV broadcasting unknown, B-rated movies and calling them classics.

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 06 Mar 2008 19:13

Which is relevant to what I said how?

Rakis · Post by **Rakis** » 07 Mar 2008 00:14

That actually reminded me of the series The Persuaders with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis...kewl

Thanks GP !

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » 07 Mar 2008 06:34

That's was F N fantastic, loved the wee wink from Ms Fisher and the syncopated drumbeats/expanding Death Star at the end.

Serkanner · Post by **Serkanner** » 07 Mar 2008 06:40

Rakis wrote:That actually reminded me of the series The Persuaders with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis...kewl

Thanks GP !

The Theme music of The persuaders is still a favourite of mine.

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 07 Mar 2008 22:28

Rakis · Post by **Rakis** » 07 Mar 2008 22:50

Serkanner wrote:
Rakis wrote:That actually reminded me of the series The Persuaders with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis...kewl

Thanks GP !
The Theme music of The persuaders is still a favourite of mine.

Me too ! John Barry made some of the best themes ever...

Simon · Post by **Simon** » 21 Mar 2008 20:48

GamePlayer wrote:Hmm, I take it there are no classic film lovers in the crowd? No Sergio Leone, Hitchcock or Kubrick fans?

I own the dollars trilogy and 2001. Great,great movies!

Not a big Hitchcock fan though, I mean I appriciate his influence but most of his pictures aren't so scary in this day and age. Not that I'm claiming to have seen them all or anything...

Post by **Freakzilla** » 21 Mar 2008 21:00

Iloved Princess Lea's Twiggy eyes.

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 21 Mar 2008 21:37

Simon wrote:
GamePlayer wrote:Hmm, I take it there are no classic film lovers in the crowd? No Sergio Leone, Hitchcock or Kubrick fans?
I own the dollars trilogy and 2001. Great,great movies!

Not a big Hitchcock fan though, I mean I appriciate his influence but most of his pictures aren't so scary in this day and age. Not that I'm claiming to have seen them all or anything...

My respect for you has increased tenfold

Good taste.

I can understand modern audiences being kind of unable to adore Hitchcock. His films aren't scary, even to an adoring fan like me. But I'm so taken in by his camera work and the way he made his films that I can imagine them like I can with a good novel and they become frightening. He's a master IMO.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 21 Mar 2008 22:12

I remember when Psycho made it's TV debut, my mom who had seen it in the theater said she remembered a lot more gore and violence, even thought the blood had been red.

His movies were thrillers, not horror. We've been desensitized, the idea of violence isn't enough now.

orald · Post by **orald** » 22 Mar 2008 05:48

Simon wrote:I own the dollars trilogy

Me too! Well, I've downloaded 2 of them and got one coming soon.

I mean I appriciate his influence but most of his pictures aren't so scary in this day and age.

Scary? They were supposed to be scary? I thought it was more of a detective-story kind.

Scary...bah...you could have a scary movie with just a black, silent screen and a face appearing and uttering a loud shout in random intervals.
That's what these "scary movies" are all about anyway, or did anyone fail to notice that?