Your top 10 films sets and/or production designers

Here are 10 good ones to get this thread started:



In no particular order:

The Whispering Gallery - Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Nostromo - Alien (1979)

The School - Suspiria (1977)

Hannibal Lecktor’s cell – Manhunter (1986)

The War Room - Dr Strangelove (1964)

The Wheel – 2001 (1968)

The Golden Gate – Vertigo (1958)

U96 – Das Boot (1981)

LA 2019 - Blade Runner (1982)

The city - Metropolis (1927)

The War Room in DR. STRANGELOVE is my de facto favorite.

Love Deckard's apartment and the room where he meets Tyrell and Rachel in BLADE RUNNER.

I'll join ambler for 2001 and ALIEN, and I'll throw in Norman Bates' parlor.

Oh, and the... brainwashing room thingy in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.

ambler wrote:

Here are 10 good ones to get this thread started:



In no particular order:

The Whispering Gallery - Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Nostromo - Alien (1979)

The School - Suspiria (1977)

Hannibal Lecktor’s cell – Manhunter (1986)

The War Room - Dr Strangelove (1964)

The Wheel – 2001 (1968)

The Golden Gate – Vertigo (1958)

U96 – Das Boot (1981)

LA 2019 - Blade Runner (1982)

The city - Metropolis (1927)

If you want another early example, Murnau's "Sunrise..." sets apparently cost an absolute fortune and were rather groundbreaking for their era.

A B-choice, the pathway and hill from the original INVADERS FROM MARS.

Also from 50's SF, anything in FORBIDDEN PLANET.

Anne Francis had a nice set.

The recreation of the Opera Garnier for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925/1929) is nothing short of stunning.

Arkadin wrote:

The recreation of the Opera Garnier for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925/1929) is nothing short of stunning.

Agreed. All the sets for that production are simply amazing.