The Beautiful Watercolor Credits of John Cassavetes' "Gloria"

Romare Bearden’s paintings for 1980’s “Gloria.”
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Gloria (1980) is playing on MUBI in the United Kingdom March 23 - April 22, 2016, as part of a four film retrospective on director John Cassavetes.


One of the great opening credits sequences in cinema, the watercolor titles for John Cassavete's Gloria were created by painter Romare Bearden:


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