Funny, I never really considered what Saul Bass was up to after the early '60s. He did those great title sequences and posters for things like Vertigo and Man with the golden arm. It never really occurred to me that he was doing the titles for Scorcese movies like Cape Fear, Goodfellas, and Casino. Must check them out. Sad to see his filmography shrink through the 70s and 80s, where he introduced such greats as Big and That's entertainment part II.
I suppose this links quite strongly to the Barry Adamson post before. He did a cover version of the Man with the golden arm theme, and his album art is influenced by Bass's work.
The Saul Bass web site has flash animations and QuickTIme movies of the title sequences. Well worth going to.
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