Saul Bass gets incredible Google Doodle

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Ready to feel an ominous chill in the air while simultaneously being incredibly impressed?

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Saul Bass, the artist responsible for some of the most iconic motion-picture title sequences of all time, including the openers from The Man With the Golden Arm, North by Northwest, and Psycho.

Google's homepage Doodle today, on what would have been Bass' 93 birthday (he passed away in 1996), starts with disjointed text bars that spell out 'Google' as a nod to Psycho. When viewers click play they are taken through a Google-ized spin on some of Bass' most famous works: the addict's arm from The Man With the Golden Arm, the eye from Vertigo, the streets of New York from West Side Story, and many others.

Check out the full 81-second reel below, set to Dave Brubeck's classic "Unsquare Dance." Can you name all the movie references?

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