My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metapho… - Saul Bass

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My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it.