For over two decades, singer/songwriter Corb Lund has been a staple of the Canadian alt-country scene —he scored a Juno prize for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year in 2003 and has been recognized at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards and the Western Canadian Music Awards as well. Lund released his ninth studio album Things That Can't Be Undone last fall, and today we're exclusively debuting the video for "Weight Of The Gun." Read More: 10 Of Saul Bass' Greatest Title Sequences Created by motion graphics editor Sarah Sheikh Bridge along with Digital Media Services, Inc., the Saul Bass inspired video playfully brings to life the lyrics of Lund's lovelorn song. It's a nice homage to one of the greatest graphic designers in cinema history: Bass worked with Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. Watch "Weight Of The Gun" below. Corb Lund is now on tour,...
- 2/11/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
I have the full rundown on the notorious spacey alternate ending to this sci-fi winner by design specialist Saul Bass. The ants are taking over, and they mean business. World conquest begins at a research lab in Arizona, where Nigel Davenport, Michael Murphy and Lynne Frederick try to hold out against super-intelligent hormigas that cut them off, build sophisticated weapons and instantly adapt to any chemical attempt to stop them. Phase IV Blu-ray Olive Films 1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 84 min. / Street Date October 27, 2015 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98 Starring Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, Alan Gifford Cinematography Dick Bush Insect sequences Ken Middleham Art Direction John Barry Film Editor Willy Kemplen Original Music Brian Gascoigne Written by Mayo Simon Produced by Paul B. Radin Directed by Saul Bass
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Olive Films Blu-ray of the intriguing Sci-Fi curiosity Phase IV appears to be a newer, cleaner transfer than the older DVD.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Olive Films Blu-ray of the intriguing Sci-Fi curiosity Phase IV appears to be a newer, cleaner transfer than the older DVD.
- 11/17/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
If you've got some time on your hands, dive into the most famous movie title sequences designed by legendary artist Saul Bass, who worked with inimitable directors up until his death in 1996. This hour-long compilation samples Bass' best work with directors like Hitchcock, for whom he also designed iconic posters. Bass applied his jazzy animation style to everything from "Psycho" to "Vertigo" and the vertiginous skyscraper views of "North by Northwest." Perhaps the most famous hallmark of his creative legacy was the animated cut-out of a heroin addict's arm created for Otto Preminger's "Man with the Golden Arm." Bass' final sequence preluded the downfall of De Niro's Vegas kingpin in Martin Scorsese's 1995 "Casino." He also did some nifty fine-point sketches for Kubrick's "The Shining," as well as the film's spooky first poster. Those are here. Bass went on to create the iconic corporate logos of At&T and the original.
- 11/10/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
This is one of the few times we'll ever be excited about the role of a graphic designer getting cast in a movie, but when it comes to Saul Bass, there are are exceptions to every rule...
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" star Wallace Langham has landed the role of the legendary Saul Bass in Sacha Gervasi's star-studded "Alfred Hitchcock And The Making of Psycho." Bass rubbed shoulders with some titans of filmmaking including Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder and more, creating title sequences and poster art that to this day, remains hugely influential (indeed, Google Saul Bass and you'll get countless homages to his work). However, some of his most iconic efforts were done for Hitchcock, who he worked with on "Vertigo," "North By Northwest" and "Psycho" -- but their creative clashes would mark this film as the last time they would collaborate.
Bass handled the storyboards and title sequence for the film,...
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" star Wallace Langham has landed the role of the legendary Saul Bass in Sacha Gervasi's star-studded "Alfred Hitchcock And The Making of Psycho." Bass rubbed shoulders with some titans of filmmaking including Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder and more, creating title sequences and poster art that to this day, remains hugely influential (indeed, Google Saul Bass and you'll get countless homages to his work). However, some of his most iconic efforts were done for Hitchcock, who he worked with on "Vertigo," "North By Northwest" and "Psycho" -- but their creative clashes would mark this film as the last time they would collaborate.
Bass handled the storyboards and title sequence for the film,...
- 4/9/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Reviewer: Philip Tatler IV
Ratings (out of five): **** 1/2
From its opening onward, Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of Murder simmers like a slow-cooked stew. After Saul Bass’s sultry opening credits, the film opens as Paul Biegler (Jimmy Stewart) returns home from a fishing trip. Biegler methodically, wordlessly cleans his fish, places them in the icebox, and tidies up his office/living space. It’s a wonderfully inauspicious beginning; no flashy opening hook or clumsy exposition. While the film is by no means slow, this nice moment of domestic activity establishes Preminger’s pace – as its title implies, the film is a dissection of little, seemingly insignificant, moments and tossed-off words that add up to momentous events.
Ratings (out of five): **** 1/2
From its opening onward, Otto Preminger’s Anatomy of Murder simmers like a slow-cooked stew. After Saul Bass’s sultry opening credits, the film opens as Paul Biegler (Jimmy Stewart) returns home from a fishing trip. Biegler methodically, wordlessly cleans his fish, places them in the icebox, and tidies up his office/living space. It’s a wonderfully inauspicious beginning; no flashy opening hook or clumsy exposition. While the film is by no means slow, this nice moment of domestic activity establishes Preminger’s pace – as its title implies, the film is a dissection of little, seemingly insignificant, moments and tossed-off words that add up to momentous events.
- 4/3/2012
- by weezy
- GreenCine
Pictured: Saul Bass, winner of the 1968 (41st) Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject winner Why Man Creates. Courtesy of ©AMPAS
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will present “Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design,” celebrating one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed designers, on Monday, November 14, at 7 p.m. at MoMA in New York City. The evening’s special guests will include design historian Pat Kirkham; designer and writer Chip Kidd; and graphic designer Kyle Cooper, who has created title sequences for “Seven” (1995), “X-Men: First Class” (2011), the “Spider-Man” trilogy and others. The event is part of To Save and Project: The Ninth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, and will also feature the premiere of the Academy Film Archive’s new restoration of Bass’s Oscar®-winning short “Why Man Creates” (1968).
Bass, who created some...
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will present “Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design,” celebrating one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed designers, on Monday, November 14, at 7 p.m. at MoMA in New York City. The evening’s special guests will include design historian Pat Kirkham; designer and writer Chip Kidd; and graphic designer Kyle Cooper, who has created title sequences for “Seven” (1995), “X-Men: First Class” (2011), the “Spider-Man” trilogy and others. The event is part of To Save and Project: The Ninth MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, and will also feature the premiere of the Academy Film Archive’s new restoration of Bass’s Oscar®-winning short “Why Man Creates” (1968).
Bass, who created some...
- 11/8/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Notorious envelope-pusher Otto Preminger was the first to produce an adult movie about drug addiction, based on Nelson Algren's novel about a heroin addict's desperation to kick the habit. Released without an MPAA seal, it helped liberate subsequent films from the rigid strictures of the production code. Elmer Bernstein's jazz score and Saul Bass's title graphics were similarly groundbreaking.
- 8/17/2010
- Trailers from Hell
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