Comments on: Typography in Film

By: Bjorn Fogelberg

Bjorn Fogelberg — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:18:25 +0000

Brilliant clip! Love it!!!

By: kurt

kurt — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:41:38 +0000

Should also point out that the Coen Brothers films (particularly The Hudsucker Proxy) is big on typeface.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:06:30 +0000

My favorite is the fight club typography

By: kurt

kurt — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:27:16 +0000

Other great uses of Typography in recent film is the Opening Credits of Vacancy (really slick, and similar to that Pulp Fiction bit — which has been around for a while…). Love the opening titles of Funny Games US (same as Funny Games 1997).

Also, I thought there was also an interesting use of text in the title sequence of Chris Gorak’s RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR.

Lastly there is that documentary on the typeset, HELVETICA.

Cheers.

By: Mike Mai

Mike Mai — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:14:34 +0000

seen it long time ago, good stuff. i think they should do one on Glengarry Glen Ross, that’d be great.

By: Ezell

Ezell — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:27:54 +0000

Ezekiel 25:17 is where is it comes from and is something i cant explain but it seems to be one of though things you understand or you don’t.

Pulp Fiction is the Greatest Dialogue movie of all time and that is what people should think of when they think of Tarentino not violence.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:39:14 +0000

It’s not an actual Bible verse. Part of it is in fact taken from Ezekiel (can’t remember which part exactly), but most of it was made up by Sam Jackson and Tarantino.

By: Ides_of_March

Ides_of_March — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:01:38 +0000

Agreed, great scene indeed.

Slightly off topic…

In that scene, Sam Jackson’s character quotes from a biblical verse, does anyone know what the meaning behind the biblical verse is all about? At least I thought it was a biblical verse.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:34:14 +0000

Interesting. And such a great scene.