The lost art of opening credits
I started watching this movie again and was immediately impressed with its opening credits sequence. The haunting music, Sean Penn's facial expressions as he drives the car, the dream-like fading in and fading out of the image, and the emergence of Mary Stuart Masterson's character. If you've already seen the movie, this sequence has great meaning in what is about to come. If not, it brilliantly sets the mood and gives the impression that something significant is about to happen. Aside from Tim Burton, I don't think near enough importance is given to opening credit sequences anymore. It seems the norm now is a simple title card.
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