I'd definitely vote Jacob's Ladder into the list; that opening sequence in the subway station would make a neat little brain-twisting short film right there. (And for some reason the mini-film analogy makes me think of Cube, which opens with a nasty little establishing scene featuring a never-seen-again character a la the Scream movies.)
I'd also say that the opening sequences of Carpenter's The Thing and Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys do a great job of creating an unsettling, mysterious, alien atmosphere. Speaking of which, the very beginning of the original Alien, with its seemingly deserted spaceship and chattering machines, does a nice job of grabbing your attention and yanking you out of your comfort zone. I guess I have a fondness for opening sequences that leave the viewer a little bit confused and bewildered, pitching them headfirst into an unfamiliar environment without much in the way of explanation.
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Date: 2006-01-14 07:00 pm (UTC)I'd definitely vote Jacob's Ladder into the list; that opening sequence in the subway station would make a neat little brain-twisting short film right there. (And for some reason the mini-film analogy makes me think of Cube, which opens with a nasty little establishing scene featuring a never-seen-again character a la the Scream movies.)
I'd also say that the opening sequences of Carpenter's The Thing and Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys do a great job of creating an unsettling, mysterious, alien atmosphere. Speaking of which, the very beginning of the original Alien, with its seemingly deserted spaceship and chattering machines, does a nice job of grabbing your attention and yanking you out of your comfort zone. I guess I have a fondness for opening sequences that leave the viewer a little bit confused and bewildered, pitching them headfirst into an unfamiliar environment without much in the way of explanation.