The long, long titles: Part 1

Fox News notwithstanding, America's generally pride themselves on brevity, particularly when it comes to opening credit sequences.

Look how much text Hollywood can cram into one title card:

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/16/43822/

It's a good thing pretentious Parisian gasbag Johnny Godard's Weekend wasn't filmed in Terrorama. How do you like that guy? Two cards to get out one compound word:

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/16/43823/

Here are a few pictures whose titles take up 2, 3, and in one case, 15 cards to spell their names out. More to follow in a day or two. This trawling for titles takes time!

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43693/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43668/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43669/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43670/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43671/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43694/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43673/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43674/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43675/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43676/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43695/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43677/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43678/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43679/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43681/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43680/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43696/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43687/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43682/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43709/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43683/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43684/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43708/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43685/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43686/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43688/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43689/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43690/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43691/

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/14/43692/

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