Production Design in the Contemporary American Film : A Critical Study of 23 Movies and Their Designers

Preface ix Introduction 1(10) I. The Films 1. Films with Realism Set in the Present 11(28) Jungle Fever 11(5) The Presidio 16(2) Reversal of Fortune 18(3) She's Gotta Have It 21(2) The Silence of the Lambs 23(9) Sleeping with the Enemy 32(2) Sliver 34(2) The Sunshine Boys 36(3) 2. Stylized Films Set in the Present 39(7) The Fisher King 39(5) Return of the Living Dead 44(2) 3. Period Films 46(36) Amadeus 46(4) Barton Fink 50(8) Chinatown 58(6) The Cotton Club 64(4) Miller's Crossing 68(6) Ragtime 74(3) The Untouchables 77(5) 4. Period Films That Move Through Several Decades 82(17) Avalon 82(4) Driving Miss Daisy 86(4) The Godfather, Part II 90(6) GoodFellas 96(3) 5. Science Fiction Films and Fantasy Films 99(12) Allen 99(6) Raiders of the Lost Ark 105 II. The Production Designers (with Filmographies) Mel Bourne 111(3) Albert Brenner 114(7) Dennis Gassner 121(2) John Graysmark 123(3) Douglas Kraner 126(2) Norman Reynolds 128(3) Bruno Rubeo 131(2) Michael Seymour 133(3) William Stout 136(4) Paul Sylbert 140(3) Richard Sylbert 143(5) Dean Tavoularis 148(3) Wynn Thomas 151(4) Patrizia von Brandenstein 155(4) Kristi Zea 159(4) Bibliography 163(2) Index 165