• jeffw@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Please name one. Never seen one that had more than 2 minutes of opening credit. Maybe one or two had a dedicated symphonic opening but that was exceedingly rare

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      4 months ago

      Watched planet of the apes the other day and it had a good amount of opening credits. Couldn’t tell you the length off the top of my head

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        4 months ago

        4 minutes. That’s a great example of the rare symphonic opening I was referencing.

        But that’s also not the 40s or 50s.

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        4 months ago

        Why do people keep naming 60s films with 4 minutes of musical intros when I’m asking for 40s and 50s films with 10 minute intros lol?

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          4 minutes? Not the version I saw in theatre, my friend. Mind you, it’s not exactly what you wanted either, even though it was longer than ten minutes of music at the start: a lot of it was playing while the screen was black, then at a certain point every theme in the music came together, the glorious visuals started up, and I knew I was in for a masterpiece.

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        4 months ago

        Which Lawrence of Arabia version from the 40s or 50s (your words) are you referring to?

        If you mean the famous 60s film…. Yes, it has a minute of credits and another 4 or 5 for the overture. Not credits.

        Again, still looking for examples of extended credit sequences. Overtures are basically the same as intermissions. That’s a totally different beast.

        Even if you want to lump them together, we’re still at the “one or two” I mentioned. Huge Hollywood blockbusters. Exceedingly rare.

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            4 months ago

            Oh boy. I just reread your edited comments. It’s hard to keep up when you edit like that

            But yes, I would still care to hear your 40s and 50s examples. If you have one where overture+credits approaches 10 minutes, I’d be shocked. As we’ve discussed, some examples in the 60s can hit 5 minutes, but that’s about the most I’ve seen

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      4 months ago

      The Outsiders had a stupidly long intro if my memory is correct. I remember taking the tape out to check if maybe it was at the end and the credits were rolling.