Has there been a movie produced without a title sequence?
I'm not quite sure if "title sequence" is the phrase I'm looking for, so I'll explain what I mean.
Older movies would begin with a short credit sequence, which would also include the title of the movie. Recently, it is becoming more common to skip this in preference of showing the title at the end of the movie, perhaps as part of the credits.
What I'm wondering, is if there has been an instance of a movie being produced without any inclusion of its title in such a sequence. If there is some legal requirement to have the title listed somewhere (e.g. copyright notice) then those mentions can be ignored. If there has been a movie produced with no title at all then I suppose it would qualify by default.
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Another case, hopefully not one of many (because that would kind of make the question a list request): Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye To Language from 2014. From IMDb's trivia section:
The film's title never appears on screen. The end credits just list peoples' names, without any indication of what work they contributed to the project.
Then again, this is Godard, so it's not very surprising.
EDIT: Sure enough, I just remembered yet another instance of this: Gregg Araki's Smiley Face (2007) with the hilarious Anna Faris. The title itself never appears in the opening or closing credits but is simply represented by an image of a huge yellow smiley just like this. :) [Source: I verified this myself.]
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Is there a movie without a title?
Film Without a Title (German: Film ohne Titel) is a 1948 German comedy film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Hans S\xf6hnker, Hildegard Knef and Irene von Meyendorff. It was made by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in the American Zone of Occupation.Why are title sequences important?
Title sequences are a powerful expression of motion graph- ics. They are a prelude to the movie. They engage the audience by hinting at what is about to start, whether it's a movie, TV show, or Web animation. One of the primary functions of a title sequence is to set the tone of the movie you are about to see.What is the difference between title sequence and opening credits?
It's the title sequence during which we get to see who is involved in making this particular programme, and what their roles are. The opening credits can also be a place where directors like to put references to other movies or TV shows that they love, as well as sneak peeks of some upcoming scenes from the film/show.Who invented the title sequence?
The first title sequences appeared in 1897 when Thomas Edison put a credit at the start of one of his films to prevent piracy. Then, in the 1908 film, Bronco Billy, G. M. Anderson became the first actor to be credited on screen. This recognization started the tradition of giving credit to a film's stars.Creating Famous Movie Title Sequences Without CGI - 'The Thing' (1982)
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What I'm wondering, is if there has been an instance of a movie being produced without any inclusion of its title in such a sequence.
Apocalypse Now does not have such a sequence, from wiki:
The original 1979 70mm exclusive theatrical release ended with Willard's boat, the stone statue, then fade to black with no credits, save for '"Copyright 1979 Omni Zoetrope"' right after the film ends. This mirrors the lack of any opening titles and supposedly stems from Coppola's original intention to "tour" the film as one would a play: the credits would have appeared on printed programs provided before the screening began.
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The 1996 film Schizopolis written and directed by Steven Soderbergh has no opening or closing credits.
The closest we get is the word "SCHIZOPOLIS" on the T-shirt of an otherwise naked man being chased by two other men (ostensibly medical personnel chasing down a crazy person). We also receive the onscreen words "No fish were harmed in the making of this film" apropos of nothing near the beginning of the film.
At the end of the film, the man's shirt reads "THE END" when he is caught and soon after there is a Blipvert style one-frame flash of the obligatory copyright notice. The blurry nature of the notice is due to trying to isolate the frame via VLC. This was the best of only two tries from the Criterion DVD and a crap video card.
For a while there were fun threats of a Son of Schizopolis sequel, but it looks like the window may have closed on that one.
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Inside Llewyn Davis doesn't show the title at all either in the beginning nor the ending. Just mentioned by name in the film when describing his music.
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The Mummy Returns has no opening titles whatsoever.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209163/trivia?tab=cz&ref_=tt_trv_cc
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Another (sort of) answer is Fahrenheit 451 (1966) in which the titles and credits are not shown on the screen; instead they are only in voice-over.
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