{"id":26360,"date":"2012-04-17T14:41:07","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=26360"},"modified":"2015-11-06T15:18:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T15:18:38","slug":"saul-bass-grand-prix-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/saul-bass-grand-prix-1966\/","title":{"rendered":"Saul Bass: Grand Prix, 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26361\" title=\"gpposter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2275\" height=\"3559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter.jpg 2275w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-624x976.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-278x434.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-526x822.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-283x444.jpg 283w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/04\/gpposter-572x894.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2275px) 100vw, 2275px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saul_Bass\" target=\"_blank\">Saul Bass<\/a> is a hero in so many ways. Responsible for the title sequences and graphic identities of some of the greatest films of all time, for us his work reached a high point when he weaved his magic on John Frankenheimer&#8217;s brilliant, flawed masterpiece <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060472\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grand Prix.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just looking at Bass&#8217;s credit list is awe-inspiring &#8211; and it&#8217;s amazing to think this Jewish-American immigrant was able to train his sensitive aesthetic to so many diverse worlds. He was able to pick resonant sets of images and then assemble them perfectly &#8211; from the spooky kitsch of Hitchcock to the grease, adrenalin and noise of Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>But just dig the poster and be amazed at the drama created by the opening sequence below and you&#8217;ll see what we mean.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the word <a href=\"http:\/\/motoringconbrio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MCB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>homage to the king of the title sequence&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[993,1201],"class_list":["post-26360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-motorsports","tag-motorsports-artwork"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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