Post by london777 on Jan 18, 2021 2:16:14 GMT
Pierre Melville's first full-length feature, La Silence de la Mer (1949), uses an unusual variant. After the Gaumont logo, there is a brief scene. A man is standing near a low wall. Another man wordlessly deposits a suitcase as he walks past. The first man puts the case on the wall and opens it. Hidden under some clothes are two stacks of Resistance newspapers. Under the papers is a pristine copy of Vercors' eponymous novel, the cover of the book serving as the films title. As he leaves through the book the successive pages show the other credits. The novel was Vercors' first, and was published clandestinely during the occupation.
This title sequence is somewhat misleading, as the film is not about The Resistance, although it is about resistance.
This title sequence is somewhat misleading, as the film is not about The Resistance, although it is about resistance.