This title sequence was built around a continuous vertical camera pan across the Eiffel Tower. You never get to see the actual shape of the tower, but the iconic monument can be easily identified by its characteristic cast iron structure.

Title designer Richard Morrisson succeeded in avoiding the usual cliché images of Paris. He shot in black-and-white, highlighting parts of it and to accentuate the tower's graphic qualities. The type face and the overall color scheme of the opener refer to the film's time setting. It's quite obvious that the main inspiration for this title comes from the film title designs by Saul Bass and his contemporaries. However, the result is something equally original and timeless.

Richard Morrison is an accomplished title designer who, according to his biography, has designed and co-designed over one hundred main title sequences. After running the design and production company Plume for more than twenty years, he founded Fig Productions in 1998. In 2007, Morrison joined the animation and mixed media production company Th1ng in London. Morrison is exclusively directing out of Th1ng (pronounced as "thing one"), partnering with founder Dominic Buttimore, and also takes on the mantle of a senior creative support to the company.

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Full credits

Director (film)
Bernardo Bertolucci

Designer
Richard Morrisson, Fig Productions

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