Apr 21, 2008
Carnivàle
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What promises did our ancestors fulfill and what lunacy did they survive? What historic, phantasmagorical travels did they wheedle and render throughout? …And in a breath we realize that reasons for exorcists exist within. German Expressionist-American newsreels and tarot currency pushing an otherworldly balance that is at once hyper real and not untrue. And you get to float through it all, like the pilot of the first zeppelin or the character in the head of young Bruegel the Elder.
Direct Link | Format: QuickTime H.264, 872×480 | Size: 18.1 MB | Running Time: 1:25 | Year: 2003
Direct Link (Textless) | Format: QuickTime H.264, 848×480 | Size: 16.4 MB | Running Time: 1:26 | Year: 2003
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News Release: Emmy for Outstanding Main Title Design
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I’ve recently started watching this series on DVD, and am enthralled by the title sequence. The analogy of the struggles of the Great Depression and the icons and mysteries of the Tarot deck are brilliant. I also love the 3-D effect they use as the camera zooms into some of the cards. Great stuff.
But who’s this Ronald D. Moore guy??
(That’s a little joke – I’m also a big fan of his more recent series, the revival of Battlestar Galactica)
Totally,
Would almost be my title sequence of all time…
This intro remains the only t.v. show intro to ever hold a candle in my mind, and the Tarot Cards are some of the most powerful symbols EVER.mn Note the subtle Tower reference to religion and how it almost embodies evil in the introl. But the most powerful symbols of all in the intro remain the God and Devil, good vs evil! You cannot get more blantant than that, and their battlefield is even given. They show the world, people in a food line with misery abundant, than zooms out to show the ace of swords. This is the battleground, earth in misery.