A legendary film with a legendary title sequence. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo, aka The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is the last film in Sergio Leone's legendary Dollars trilogy.

This title sequence has it all: interesting type treatment, iconic imagery, a balanced color-scheme, ingenious transitions, effective sound effects and even a sense of humor (the horse from the titles from A Fistful of Dollars returns to get shot at no less than three times by a big canon. Ennio Morricone's famous score tops it all off.

Not so much is known about Iginio 'Gigi' Lardani, so we contacted his son Alberto Lardani who worked with his father for more than twelve years. "My father didn't attend any kind of graphic design school", Alberto writes, "He was an autodidact with a great interest in painting. He entered the film world as film poster designer and created, among others, the Italian poster of 'High Noon'. Beside the 'Dollars' trilogy, my father designed the title sequences of many other Italian films, but his main activity was the editing of film trailers. His trailers of 'Mogliemante' by M. Vicario and 'Una Giornata Particolare' by Ettore Scola were awarded first and second place among five hundred trailers within the Cannes film festival of 1978. And Iginio created TV ads".

"He was allowed an entirely free hand when designing title sequences and film trailers and he worked from his own study. Since 1986, the year my father passed away, I have continued his work" explains Alberto.

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Director (film)
Sergio Leone

Title Designer
Iginio Lardini

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