The man with the golden arm

The man with the golden arm

The first thing we see in this title sequence are white lines coming onto the screen from the top of the screen. There are supposed to symbolize lines of coke, or needle injections. Which is very on topic of the film since the film is about a drug addict. 

The mood is set by the music which is jazz music from the !950s, the black background and the white illustrations. The mood is quite dark and we can see that the film is about a serious topic before it even starts and that there will be drugs involved. The themes in this opening title sequence are drugs, maybe depression or just darkness in life and death.  

The white lines keep changing and then names of the cast come up on the screen. At one point the needles come together and form a (crocked) illustrated hand. The hand fades away and we get a description text that we have just watched the movie’s title stills collection.