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Bombay Talkie (1970)

August 11, 2009
Bombay Talkie
At this very moment, while we're standing here, your husband is with that woman—doing dirty things.
—Bose
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The opening to James Ivory’s Bombay Talkie, “probably the most original [credit sequence] of any Merchant Ivory film,” puts the credits on exhibition in the city-gallery. The analog vibrancy of the idea amid washed-out urban environs is damn exciting. It remixes the cultural prominence of film posters in India. Great stuff.

  • Credits

Production Artist and Titles: Tilak
Music: Shankar Jaikishan

Title sequence

  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    graphic, hand drawn, illustration, live action, main title, situational type, typographic
Bombay Talkie
  • Director

    James Ivory
  • Year

    1970
  • Aspect

    1.85:1
  • Studio

    Dia Films
  • Country

    USA
  • Language

    English
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Alexander Ulloa

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