Beginnings
For me a really good title sequence sets up a film. It builds anticipation as it sets the pace and mood for what is to come. A great number of films like to deliver the titles over an establishing set piece, but when a title sequence is done right - offt! So here are some title sequences I like because...they do that...thing...I just said. Monsters Inc. (Pete Doctor, 2001) Old school. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Speilberg, 2002) All style and surface, just like the character. Cape Fear (Martin Scorsese, 1991) Saul Bass #1: Atmosphere Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960) Saul Bass #2: The film in four minutes. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968) Very well known and deservedly so I'd say. Arguably gets right to the action but just as arguable is that it serves as a terrific introduction to Sergio Leone. I include it as this was his first real film intended for a mass western (geographical, not genre) audience and I'd say...