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Maurice Binder (August 25, 1925 – April 4, 1991) was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including the first, Dr. No in 1962 and for Stanley Donen's films from 1958. He was born in New York City, USA, but mostly worked in Britain from the 1950s onwards. The Bond producers first approached him after being impressed by his title designs for the 1960 Stanley Donen comedy film The Grass Is Greener. He also worked with Stanley Donen in Charade (1963) and Arabesque (1966), both with music of Henry Mancini.
Binder created the signature gun barrel sequence for the opening titles of the first Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. Binder originally planned to employ a camera sighted down the barrel of a .38 calibre gun, but this caused some problems. Unable to stop down the lens of a standard camera enough to bring the entire gun barrel into focus, Binder created a pinhole camera to solve the problem and the barrel became crystal clear.
Binder described the genesis of the gun barrel sequence in the last interview he recorded before his death in 1991:
Les génériques de films de Maurice Binder - Blow up
Moonraker (Main Title Designed by Maurice Binder)
Maurice Binder Tribute
The Tamarind Seed (1974) title sequence designed by Maurice Binder
Live and Let Die (Main Title Designed by Maurice Binder)
Surprise Package (1960) title sequence - Maurice Binder
Title Sequence (inspired by Maurice Binder)
The Living Daylights (Main Title Designed by Maurice Binder)
Opening Titles: Dr. No (1962)
Maurice Binder
hey! miss
a dónde vas con el vampiro bipolar
estilizado de amor
ajenjo fino y cegador
y seductor
un poco de sangre pa teñir la soledad
pásame la rabia de tus besos
mrs. nitroglicerina
detona mis circuitos de robot
que ya no tengo nada en que soñar
mrs. nitroglicerina
y ten mis tentáculos
enrédalos en tu portal
y suelto mi pestaña para acobijarla
mrs. nitroglicerina
detona mis circuitos de robot
que ya no tengo a nadie en quien soñar
mrs. nitroglicerina (x2)
detona mis circuitos de robot
que ya no tengo a nadie en quien soñar