In the lead-up to the Oscars on February 22nd, Turner Classic Movies is presenting "31 Days of Oscar," a 'round the clock schedule of Academy Award winning films. We're big fans of classic cinema, so we've set the DVR to record some of our favorites - particularly those movies with amazing decor. Click below to see our list of some of the best interiors from Oscar films...
Classic Cottage Style: The Quiet Man (1952)
Dark Bedrooms and Discrete Hotels: The Graduate (1967)
Apartment Living in Manhattan: Annie Hall (1977)
Old Southern Grandeur: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
A Young Couple's Starter Home: The Apartment (1960)
Mod Space-Age Style: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Modern Interiors on the Go: North by Northwest (1959)
A Room with a View: Rear Window (1954)
A Romantic Italian Studio Apartment: Roman Holiday (1953)
A Somber Gray Nest: The Birds (1963)
An Upper-Class San Francisco Home: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967)
A Mod Photographer's Studio: Blow-Up (1966)
For the entire schedule of classic Oscar films on TCM, click here.
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Comments (20)
almovadar's all about my mother... those interiors changed my life.
what a great, unique idea for a post! thanks as always for the inspiration!
hiccupish!!! Me toooooooo!!!! I saw that movie like 5 or 6 years ago and I still think of the apartments often!
Woah.
How about A Clockwork Orange? I love those interiors! Who could forget the Korova Milk Bar or Alex's bedroom with the puffy bedspread and erotic art?
Gregory Peck's little apartment in Rome is my DREAM apartment!
Wouldn't the Apartment be a bachelor pad? Or better yet a Love Shack. Not a couple's place, though.
And I am so in love with James Mason's house from North by Northwest ... I watch it every single time it's on - at least the last 1/3 of the film so I can see my dream home again!
Oh and if you're talking Hitchcock, don't forget Jimmy Stewart's apartment in Vertigo ... which I was happy to find out was shot in a real apartment - complete with fantastic view.
Blow-up and North by Northwest, for sure. But The Graduate? Those interiors were intentionally tacky, soulless, suburban hell.
My favourite interior is the house in "Forbidden planet" - no oscar winner though... and I always wanted my own Robbie the Robot.
I also loved the Brady Bunch and Bewitched interiors... so ordered, so colourful...
Okay, now that I see the whole schedule of what they're showing this year, I have to add:
- Gene Kelly's impossibly small studio apt. in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
- Lauren Bacall's sweet penthouse flat in DESIGNING WOMAN
- The hotel suite in BORN YESTERDAY
- Hepburn and Tracy's apt. in ADAM'S RIB (I always wanted a duplex apt.!)
- Cary Grant and Constance Bennett's apt. in TOPPER
François Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451. I am not a design geek, but even I was blown away by the interiors in this movie.
A lot of French noirs from the 60's also have amazing interiors.
Oh, and Playtime by Tati also. Unbelievable mid-C stuff.
@ ridge_van_winkle: Agreed! I wish I could do a complete North by Northwest architectural tour. If only the Vandamm home existed (http://www.jetsetmodern.com/modatmovies.htm). God, I love that film.
ahhhh... I just like all of these pics except for maybe two but Breakfast at Tiffanys is great. I love Audrey Hepburn's apartment with the picture perfect fire escape, the tub sofa, and funny cat
@hiccupish: Yes! The Almodovar movie inspired our local theatre to a 'psychedelic wallpaper in movies'-theme.
While the French movies 'Les parapluies de Cherbourg' only got 5 Oscar nominations (no wins) the use of colour is very inspirational: http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/IMG/jpg/Parapluies__1.jpg
RE: North by Northwest
Agreed. It's almost a movie-within-a-movie about architecture: the Georgian mansion, the UN, the great villain house... Oh, I want to watch it again right now.
ooh, ooh... I like this game! I like George Peppard's apartment in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the poolhouse in "Philidelphia Story." And "The Apartment" is definitely NOT a couple's starter home. It's more of a bachelor pad/skanky man den.
I loved loved loved Joe Bradley's apartment in "Roman Holiday"! Also, the little house with the Asian inspired living room and round shaped fireplace in "The Big Sleep". Oh! and my husband adds, "Ingrid Bergman's apartment in "Indiscreet"! :D
PS I know you stated "Oscar winning movies" but I really like these movies and rooms best.
I like interiors from the Fountainhead