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Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

Berberian Sound Studio
Gilderoy, this is going to be a fantastic film.
—Giancarlo Santini
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The opening of director Peter Strickland's 2012 film Berberian Sound Studio is actually the main title sequence for Il Vortice Equestre (The Equestrian Vortex), the fictional Italian Giallo movie that the film's central character (played by Toby Jones) finds himself working on.

Designed by Julian House, the sequence echoes the style and tone of classic genre title sequences such as The Dunwich Horror and Blacula, films which would have been contemporary to the setting of Berberian Sound Studio. House would work with Strickland again on the opening of the 2014 film The Duke of Burgundy.

  • Credits

Director: Peter Strickland
Studio: Intro
Title Designer: Julian House

Music: Broadcast

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Title sequence

  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    2010s, animation, digital, graphic, main title, mixed-media, retro, still photography
Berberian Sound Studio
  • Film Director

    Peter Strickland
  • Release Date

    August 31, 2012
  • Aspect Ratio

    1.78:1
  • Studios

    IFC Midnight, Warp X, Illuminations Films
  • Country

    UK
  • Languages

    English, Italian
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Will Perkins
  • Published

    December 6, 2016

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