Opening Title Sequence To The Man With The Golden Arm By Saul Bass

The Man With The Golden Arm is a 1955 drama film. Saul Bass is also the creator of the opening title sequence. Saul Bass is a graphics designer and film maker, but he is well know for his opening title sequences to films such as: The Man With The Golden Arm, Oceans 11, West Side Story, Big and many more.

The screen is black with white lines across it which could represent needles or a cut out effect. The lines could also represent bones which gives the audience an image that the film is about arms. The white on black creates a dramatic effect as they are quite dull colours and you always see bad guys wearing black. The film could be about good and bad guys as black is bad and white is usually for purity or for someone good. At the start of the opening sequence the lines are random, but near the end of the opening title sequence the lines make and arm with veins in which could highlight people injecting something into their veins giving the film a slightly scarier atmosphere. The music is very jazzy which contradicts with the dark, scary film.