Saul Bass: Quest + Why Man Creates

Saul Bass is best known for his iconic film poster designs and his title sequences but as well as being commissioned by the likes of Scorsese, Kubrick, and Preminger, he also got behind the camera and made a handful of films himself.

Saul Bass is best known for his iconic film poster designs and his title sequences (Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, The Man With the Golden Arm, Seconds), but as well as being commissioned by the likes of Scorsese, Kubrick, and Preminger, he also got behind the camera and made a handful of films himself. Here, we pick out two: Why Man Creates (1968), Bass’s Oscar-winning animated documentary about the power of the creative process; and Quest (1983), a rarely-seen half hour live-action sci-fi based on Ray Bradbury's short story ‘Frost And Fire’. Alongside those we have the 30-minute documentary, Bass on Titles, in which he himself becomes the subject and discusses his pioneering graphics work.