is a selection of "opening credits" and "opening scenes (the two often coincide) of the films directed by John Ford. I believe that no film has ever managed to create a "trademark" - a real "logo" - a clear and recognizable as that printed by Ford in the first shots of his unforgettable movies. The "incipit" by John Ford once represented a way to claim, through a magical ritual audiovisual urgent and powerful, intellectual property on the work. No coincidence that the brilliant documentary about the life and work of John Ford, directed by Peter Bogdanovich in 1971, simply titled "Directed by John Ford .
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