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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Great opening and closing film credits
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Date: Sat, 6-Apr-85 04:14:59 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  6 04:14:59 1985
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Here's a topic that might be worthy of some minor discussion.
There are some films over the years that have made a unique art
form out of opening and/or closing credit sequences.  In some
cases, they turn out to be even more creative than the rest
of the film.  I'm curious as to which films the community 
has found to be the most memorable when it comes to credit
sequences (at either the beginning and/or the end).

There are quite a few I could mention, but I'll leave the field
fairly open and only mention three:

"West Side Story" (closing credits):
	Long sequence of credits, mostly scribbled among
	random graffito on walls, doors, streets, etc.  Very unique.

"Casino Royale" (opening):
	Excellent (bizarre) animated figures surrounding
	credits, and a wide variety of techniques used
	to bring up and tear down the various credit entries.
		(closing):
	Scenes from the film (also used to a minor degree in the
	opening credits) at various speeds and in various temporal
	sequences, with widely varying credit appearance/clearing
	techniques.
		(opening and closing)
	Excellent music sync with art/credits.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (opening)
	Brilliantly edited and scored opening (primarily sung and 
	acted by Zero Mostel) in which part of the time Zero speaks
	directly to the camera to "set up" the characters for the
	film.  Superbly done.  ["Something erratic, something
	dramatic, something for everyone--A comedy, tonight!"]
		(closing)
	Very bizarre animated sequence with a swarm of flies
	leading us from credit to credit through a series of
	optical illusions and other imaginative graphics.

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OK, I'll avoid mentioning more for now.
How about some others?

--Lauren--