Total Recall opening titles

The titles for Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall (1990) were designed by Wayne Fitzgerald. The font used for the credits is Breite fette Information. The title itself appears to be based on Corvinus, featuring a bespoke A with square top.

Watch the full title sequence over on YouTube or at Art of the Title. Excerpt from le0pard13’s blog:

[The title sequence] certainly can’t be depicted as understated since the translucent titles are literally driven — perhaps, the word “pounded” would be more apt — to the pulsing beat of Jerry Goldsmith’s larger-than-life track. The graphics sweeping and surging to the scorer’s orchestrations. As well, I give Fitzgerald credit for his superb use of contrast in the segment.

The gauzy and plunging artwork beautifully opposed the deep blacks of the background and those within the text and font of the titles themselves. It remains a stunning package. The title sequence married all of this into a feast for the eyes and ears of moviegoers.