“Dr. Strangelove” titles
Date
1964
Credits
- Pablo Ferro 7 Title Designer
- Stanley Kubrick 2 Film Director
Format
Type of Work
- Finished work 5261
Locations Made
- London 20
"Pablo Ferro’s loose letterforms and slack compositions superimposed over aircraft footage represented a distinct departure from American title design of the time. Prior to 1966, the aesthetic of main titles was defined primarily by designers such as the Basses, Binder, and Brownjohn and their symbolic geometry, clean typography, and bold graphic forms. The stage was set for Ferro’s strain of ambitious artistry. His lettering, variously squat, long, and lean, allows the footage to peek through, unobtrusive but utterly individual. It was all done by hand, with grease pencil on glass."—https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying/
