"The main title from the American release of “The Cabinet of Dr. Calligari” (1920) is much less expressive than the title from the influential original German film (restored original version):"
I think this shows how important font really is for a title sequence, as it is shown here that the original is a lot more expressive than the updated version. Usually an updated version is assumed to be better, however the original title of ''The Cabinet of Dr. Calligari" is better as it enhances the genre of the film and creates an appropriate atmosphere before the first scene has even started.
''The concept of score visualization first conceived by Oskar Fischinger in his film “Studies” anticipates the effects created by Saul Bass in “The Man With the Golden Arm” (1955) and later by Susan Bradley in “Monsters, Inc” (2001):
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