Typophile

Thank you for smoking

jennifer_mbx

I just came across the opening title sequence for “Thank you for smoking” and I thought it was pretty well typographically executed.
Here’s the opening sequence:
http://www.shadowplaystudio.com/smoking.html

And here’s the trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/thankyouforsmoking/trailer...

Ooh, that’s great! I designed a book awhile ago on cigarette packaging design, called “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” so have a real appreciation for the brilliance of some of the packs

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0789206404/qid=1143312190/sr=1-1/ref=sr...

nice! thanks for the link!

i’m glad there are still directors out there that care about the opening credits sequence. long gone are the good old days of Saul Bass and the like, but at least we still get a few of these nuggets each year.

another recent great opening title sequence was in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, which had a very Catch Me If You Can meets Saul Bass-esque quality to it, while still being unique enough to be something of it’s own. check it out here.

Brilliant.

That Kiss Kiss Bang Bang sequence is wonderful too.

Another good one is the TV show Medium - unfortunately can’t find it on the web easily (try googling “medium” and you’ll see what I mean). But it’s beautiful, plays with Rorschach images.

I designed a book awhile ago on cigarette pac

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