Brilliant!!!

Saw this the other day and thought it was brilliant. For those who aren’t familiar with his work, Saul Bass was an American graphic artist who created, amongst other things, some of the more memorable opening titles for several of Alfred Hitchcocks movings, in particular North By Northwest and Vertigo.

Kick starting his movie work however was the title sequence for Otto Premingers, The Man With The Golden Arm (watch via YouTube) the story of a convicted heroin addict trying to go straight on his release from jail, starring Frank Sinatra.

This is just one of many parodies formed from his work which just goes on and on influencing and inspiring artists and filmakers alike.

link to You Tube

More reading:

DesignMuseum

Saul Bass on the Web

AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Artists