Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction
Автор:Cathy Whitlock Год: 2010 Издание:It Books Страниц: 384 ISBN: 0060881224, 9780060881221 Who can forget the over-the-top, white-on-white, high-gloss interiors through which Fred Astaire danced in "Top Hat"? The modernist high-rise architecture, inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, in the adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"? The lavish, opulent drawing rooms of Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence"? Through the use of film design - called both art direction and production design in the film industry - movies can transport us to new worlds of luxury, highlight the ornament of the everyday, offer a vision of the future, or evoke the realities of a distant era. In "Designs on Film", journalist and interior designer Cathy Whitlock illuminates the often undercelebrated role of the production designer in the creation of the most memorable moments in film history. Through a lush collection of rare archival photographs, Whitlock narrates the evolving story of art direction over the course of a century - from the massive Roman architecture of "Ben-Hur" to the...
