His irreverence, low-budget ingenuity, and unvarnished design style split a new branch off the title design family tree, stemmed from the modernism of Bass and Binder via Andy Warhol to become a rallying cry for B-film productions everywhere. Quoted liberally in subgenre and exploitation films throughout the ’70s, his work has since become shorthand for indie credibility and gritty nihilism...One thing the article incorrectly calls out is his use of doutones. Lardani is using fake doutones in the titles, but that is a minor quibble with a great profile of one of the pioneers of motion graphics.
ht: NCAD Alumni Noah Read
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