Film Theory: Style–Production Design

Research in progress, Jan 5, 2026

“A painter organizes a pigment, a musician organizes noise, a production designer organizes visual material.” Richard Sylbert (“Reds”):

“Production design concerns everything that is behind the actor.” Jim Bissell (“E.T.”):

Noteworthy Films

Age of Innocence, Scorsese

Avatar, Cameron

Barry Lyndon, Kubrick

Barton Fink, Coen brothers

Batman, Tim Burton

Blade Runner, Ridley Scott

Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Coppola

Brazil (1985)

A Clockwork Orange, Kubrick

Cries and Whispers, Bergman

Days of Heaven (1978)

Dick Tracy, Beatty

Fanny and Alexande (1983), Bergman

Frankenstein (2025), del Toro

Grapes of Wrath (b/w), Ford

Little Women (1994, 2020), Anderson, Gerwig

Manhattan (b/w), Woody Allen

Moulin Rouge (1952), Huston

Moulin Rouge (2001), Lehrman

Sirat (2025), Oliver Laxe