Anatomy of a Murder

In the 1959 movie Anatomy of a Murder, Saul Bass literalized the film title by presenting each member of the crew next to disassembled body parts. He first starts by showing the entire body, presenting the director, Otto Preminger. Then, each piece of the body is disassembled and presented like it is part of a puzzle. Using simple elements like cutouts of paper on a uniform grey background, this intro sequence has traversed decades by keeping its cutting-edge quality. No high technology was needed – only a playground in which a graphic designer could think of a simple idea to introduce the film.