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The Story Behind Studio Logos

The Story Behind Studio Logos
I found this nice article at NeatoRama, it has the history and shows all the revisions of the major hollywood studio logo. Some interesting stuff, go check it out.

Screening: The Wrestler

I had the chance to go to a pre-screening of the upcoming movie The Wrestler, by director Darren Aronofsky. Needless to say I am a huge fan and jumped at the chance to sneak in with the press to catch this movie about 2 months before it is released nationwide. I had an impossible time [...]

Why are movie opening credits gone?

Sometime around 1960, movies threw away the classic opening title scenes. Watch any old movie, first couple of minutes are the opening credits. They list cast and crew members down to people you really don’t care about. Usually with the movie theme song playing in the background. What happened to those credits? Who got rid [...]