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Re: Credit the Opening: Google honors Saul Bass

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Hactar

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May 8, 2013, 2:33:04 PM5/8/13
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In article <71445bed-43f9-4f91...@oy6g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>,
Snidely <snide...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As the CSM says,
>
> "The Google homepage today features a cartoon homage to a range of
> famous films, including "Spartacus," "West Side Story," "Man With the
> Golden Arm," and the immortal Hitchcock thriller "Vertigo." What do
> all those movies have in common? They all feature the work of the
> pioneering designer and artist Saul Bass, who did for the opening
> credit montage what Rodin (another recent Google doodle honoree) did
> for sculpture. "
>
> <http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/0508/Saul-Bass-Designer-
> artist-and-auteur-of-the-opening-credits-video>
>
> There's some lovely stuff in the little movie. Even the pre-movie for
> the page load is good.
>
> /dps "a doodle a day is better than fighting the doodle-doo"

I cannot get it to do anything but search for "paul bass". What do you
do?

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Howard Hail

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May 8, 2013, 3:41:21 PM5/8/13
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ebenZ...@verizon.net (Hactar) wrote

> Snidely <snide...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> As the CSM says,
>>
>> "The Google homepage today features a cartoon homage to a range of
>> famous films, including "Spartacus," "West Side Story," "Man With the
>> Golden Arm," and the immortal Hitchcock thriller "Vertigo." What do
>> all those movies have in common? They all feature the work of the
>> pioneering designer and artist Saul Bass, who did for the opening
>> credit montage what Rodin (another recent Google doodle honoree) did
>> for sculpture. "
>>
>> <http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/0508/Saul-Bass-Designer-
>> artist-and-auteur-of-the-opening-credits-video>
>>
>> There's some lovely stuff in the little movie. Even the pre-movie
>> for the page load is good.
>>
>> /dps "a doodle a day is better than fighting the doodle-doo"
>
> I cannot get it to do anything but search for "paul bass". What do
> you do?

Try this youtube version:

http://youtu.be/64lDaAmpvSo

Hactar

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May 8, 2013, 4:21:06 PM5/8/13
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In article <XnsA1BA9F9DBE...@94.75.214.39>,
Nice, thanks. I feel a need to listen to some Brubeck.
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