you must mean Adam Kim the once nonpartisan candidate for District 4 member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California and not the Canadian hockey player Adam Kim.
Personally think the production design of children of men is fantastic and fits nicely alongside blade runner and her as a fleshed out, believable future
Its comments like yours that makes it so clear to me that different tastes absolutely exist. Its obvious that children of men is one of those extremely overrated movies.
I somehow feel guilty for watching this for free. It feels as if this kind of videos, with it's beautiful quality, awesome writing and incredible knowledge of the matter, should be something to pay for. Thanks for sharing.
Mother's Basement i’ve seen Songs from the Second Floor. It may be the bleakest comedy I’ve ever seen. It can also get a bit boring at parts, but I agree with Cinefix: the production design is insanely good. It’s one of those films you can truly describe as “every frame a painting”.
Songs From the Second Floor is a genuinely superlative picture -- both in terms of its construction and its thematic significance. The other two are ... missable, in my humble opinion. A representation of a director's inability to let the best film he's ever made, stand.
@@Gillty101 They also forgot Citizen Kane for every category. But let's face it, The Living Trilogy is becoming the new The Mirror of this channel at this point. It's in every single list for some time now.
I'm one of those who tries to watch a movie at least once a day, and everytime I try to pick up one, I end up spending most of the time just choosing it, often checking dozens of lists. Most of the times, I don't even watch the movie, just because I cannot really choose. But I swear, each time I watch a video of yours, with only one goddamned frame, even if I've watched many of the movies you name, you truly make me want to see them all. Thank you for your job, keep it up.
It really is quite perfect. I thought there was no way it would exceed the very high expectations I had set for it, but it seriously did. Completely blew me away.
videos like these make me remember the sheer amount of work, time, thought, and effort that go into making film and i find a new appreciation for them all over again.
This Cinefix episode is one of the most educational about filmmaking I've seen in quite a long time this cinefix should literally be shown in a class at film school... this shows why directors don't achieve great work all in their own they need production designers who are so often the unsung heroes of some of our favorite films.... excellent work displaying what production design is all about....thanks guys
I know it might sound cheesy and silly, but seriously you can't even imagine how much joy and happiness you're bringing me with every video! It's so good! Perfectly structured, great picks from all around the world, amazingly chosen clips, detailed but yet not boring information, very very well done. Keep up the good work, it's worth it :)
Excellent list. I'm wondering what you think of animated movies? Kubo and the Two Strings, Coraline, or even The Incredibles have some amazing production design, often with unparalleled practical effects. Perhaps in an upcoming list?
I don't know if it can even count as production design when it's animated, but I agree. I would love for them to dig into the aesthetics of animated movies. I was absolutely blown away by Into The Spider-Verse, and hopefully we're heading into an era of more and more experimental and stylized animated feature films.
@@ze_rubenator Yes, it is still production design. You still have to design all the animated scenery, props, clothes and color palette of the film. There's also cinematography in animation: you still have to create the animated lighting, type of lenses, camera movements etc. There's different people working hard in each of these departments with head chiefs credited as the "production designer" or "cinematographer".
@@XiongGou Especially at the beginning of the movie as everyone is arriving to celebrate the birth of Aurora. Disney was striving to make it look as close to 3D as he could. I fell in love with this movie as a little girl & still love it many years later.
I love Cinefix and this channel has made me appreciate cinema in a completely new way. I wonder if we could get a similar channel talking about video games one day. Looking at production design of games like Bioshock, Alien: Isolation, Read Dead Redemption, The Witcher. Maybe one day people will look back at them and see Art.
@@pathowgate2544 Not true, there are auteurs in video games industry. Mostly in Japan since they can influence their works much more than in Western industry. I recommend Game Maker's Toolkit channel as they have some very interesting videos about game design. It is pretty much CineFix to video games except they don't rank video games but they talk about unique game design in depth. Some of my favorite videos from Game Maker's Toolkit are "Ico, and Design by Subtraction", "Deconstructing Ori and the Blind Forest's Best Bit", "The Mechanics of Movement".
@@pathowgate2544 This "issue" is not a big one. Video games and movies are not the same media. Yet, wether or not it's based on a single auteur's vision or huge team of artists, some games are brilliant nonetheless.
Bioshock has to be my number one favorite. The whole world is so cool in its futuristic vintage atmosphere. I need to replay 1 & 2 ASAP. Infinite is breathtakingly beautiful too, but the first two are just ;asdasdjfs;ljfs
Very unorthodox listing as always yet very detailed and well-researched, Awesome job again Cinefix, oh, thanks for including my fave movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Great list, but would loved to have seen some love for Tran Anh Hung- both The Scent of Green Papaya and The Vertical Ray of the Sun are among the best designed and most beautiful films I've ever seen, period. Also The Shape if Water really deserved a mention in the Del Torro section (though I agree Crimson Peak has the best design of any of his films).
In terms of Horror and low budget, I think 'The Descent' deserves some recognition. Yes, all their setpieces were of rocks and cliffs, but they managed to bring so much life into their movie using only such a simple visual.
Great choices! I'm very conscious of production design when I watch a film. I can remember the moment when I realized there was more to a film than actors and a story. I was fifteen, and I was watching Harold and Maude at the local theater. I was particularly struck by the way Hal Ashby had framed each scene.
Once again, “In the Mood for Love” is featured and my desire to see this film is raised by another 15 points. I think my desire to see this now has a score of 340 out of 10. Damn you, CineFix for bringing awareness of brilliant, thought provoking films into my consciousness!!!
It may sound weird, but my all-time favorite production design for a period piece is that of the Keira Knightly starring Pride And Prejudice. The scenery and design fits the movie so well that it feels like a character itself and draws you into the story without realizing it. It's simplistic, but it feels like the perfect minimalism for the small world they were in and when it goes to the extravagant, the contrast between the homeliness and and the grandiose are really hammered home. As far as period pieces go, I can't think of anything better. Another note...LOTR really is fantastic. It's one of, if not the only, fantasy movie that made the world feel real despite the obvious fantasticalness of it all.
Excellent installment. I've always thought Set Designers, and Film Editors, never get enough attention and praise for their absolutely integral part in making a successful film and something that becomes unforgettable and embedded in the memory forever.
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel 09. Beginners 08. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 07. Blade Runner, Her 06. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy 05. Fanny and Alexander 04. Hero 03. The Godfather II 02. Revolutionary road, The Master 01. The Living Trilogy
Watching your videos tells me you've done more than shuffle a few "best of" lists together and spitting out a new list. You guys put thought into this.
Danteabad thanks for chiming in. I think you are referring to There will be blood, which many thought would win best pic in a very strong 80th Oscars (2008). No country (Coen brothers) won BP they year. I have The Master as PTA’s second best after TWBB, and there are several other good to great films he has directed.
yeah you are right sorry. I confused one with the other. TWBB had a great contender having to struggle with the Coen brothers and No country in 2008. @@rhythmoriented PTA has grown so much as director and seems like every movie he does turns into a masterpiece.
I know this is a crazy CRAZY big task, but I need this channel to make a “just 10 (maybe 20-30) movies you should watch if you just love movies” I adore this channel. I’ve found so many great movies from this channel. I’ve won trivia points because of this channel. And in terms of production I appreciate its depth yet tangibility. But every single list gives me, in the gods honest truth, anywhere between 1-10 movies I want to watch, and of all the channels I follow THIS is the one I need a starters list. And it’s not like you won’t have PLENTY of options left, many who’d be left in the comments.
Girl with a pearl earring. Every set, the whole film itself renders the world of Vermeer and his paintings with beautiful perfection. (Beyond the visual delight, I think it's a great - and massively underrated - film overall.)
Those one word descriptions from 12:02-12:08, "Worlds filled with the kind of life characters could reach out and touch," "It feels like a generic nowhere with splashes of specific everywhere," Poetry. Really appreciate how you guys must be like just as humans to see things the way you do and put them forth like this.
suprempuk I mean with all the advanced technology of cloning, holograms, space warfare with various specially designed sci-fi vehicles, numerous planets, it’s definitely a sci-fi but a science fantasy would be a better name. The science fiction elements are strong but so are the fantasy/adventure elements.
Small honorable mention to the Secret Garden (1987) and Let the Right one In (2008). Also glad Hero was on this list, I love set design so much and this was a great list
Definitely glad you included Roy Andersson but the reasoning is a bit off imo. His shots are decorated to elevate and accentuate the cold bleakness of life in industrial Sweden around the 80's and 90's. Though it's so specific and amazingly weird in its portrayed culture that I can't blame you for mistaking it as a more contemporary take.
Love your guys work just wish The Dark Crystal was mentioned for fantasy. Harry Lang, Jim Henson, and Frank Oz created a world that was real and different.
Recently rewatched TRON: LEGACY. That production design was great. You really felt like you were in a game/computer world. It is one of my favorite more recent film design and aesthetic. Similar to how the production design in BLACK PANTHER made you feel like you were in Wakanda.
Never would have thought of it on my own, but now I can't "unsee" The Grand Budapest Hotel as a department store. It really does look like Selfridge's.
I agree, I think it took Blade Runner and Her and everything in between and found a way to finally perfect what we thought was already perfect. Immaculate futuristic vision design.
Didn't fully embrace the narrative of 'Her' however I did enjoy it's world and I could picture myself in that environment. Glad you acknowledged 'Blade Runner'. 'A.I.' had some interesting sets too.
Sees new CineFix list. Gets super excited, takes a breath and clicks. You guys do great work. Have learned so much and found many great works because of you guys. So, thanks.
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) Alien (1979) Crimson Peak (2015) The Dark Crystal (1982) The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) 13 Assassins (2010) The Great Gatsby (2013) Playtime (1967) Blade Runner (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1982) The Leopard (1963) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Sin City (2005) Dune (1984) Tron: Legacy (2010) Amélie (2001) The Red Shoes (1948) Brazil (1985) The City of Lost Children (1995) A Clockwork Orange (1971) The Aviator (2004) Hugo (2011) Edward Scissorhands (1990) Batman (1989) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Sweeney Todd (2007) Rushmore (1998) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) City of God (2002) Taxi Driver (1979) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) No Country for Old Men (2007) Black Swan (2010) The Godfather (1971) The Shining (1980) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) The Thin Red Line (1998) Three Colors Red (1994) Three Colors Blue (1993) Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Nocturnal Animals (2016) A Single Man (2009) Tree of Life (2011) Room (2015) Beginners (2010) Se7en (1995) Get Out (2017) Eraserhead (1977) Psycho (1960) The Cell (2000) Suspiria (1977) The Shining (1980) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Big Fish (2003) Batman Returns (1992) Dark City (1998) Children of Men (2006) Ex Machina (2015) Metropolis (1927) 12 Monkeys (1995) Minority Report (2002) The Fifth Element (1997) Mad Max Fury Road (2015) 2001: a Space Odyssey (1968) Her (2013) The Fall (2006) Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Holy Mountain (1973) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) What Dreams May Come (1998) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) Romeo + Juliet (1996) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Elizabeth the Golden Age (2007) Shakespeare in Love (1998) Cries and Whispers (1972) The Leopard (1963) A Room with a View (1985) Howard’s End (1992) Titanic (1997) Anna Karenina (2012) Marie Antoinette (2006) Amadeus (1984) Barry Lyndon (1975) Ben Hur (1959) Cleopatra (1963) Intolerance (1916) Gladiator (2000) Kingdom of Heaven (2005) 300 (2006) Macbeth (2015) Andrei Rubley (1966) Hard to Be a God (2013) Yojimbo (1961) Silence (2016) Raise the Red Lantern (1991) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) Hero (2002) Doctor Zhivago (1965) Gangs of New York (2002) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2002) There Will Be Blood (2007) Gone with the Wind (1939) Citizen Kane (1941) The Handmaiden (2016) The Conformist (1970) The Last Emperor (1987) Schindler’s List (1993) Atonement (2007) Phantom Thread (2017) The Godfather: Part II (1974) The Lives of Others (2006) Ida (2013) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Catch Me If You Can (2002) American Hustle (2013) Everybody Wants Some (2016) Zodiac (2007) Selma (2014) A Serious Man (2009) Revolutionary Road (2008) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) The Master (2012) In the Mood for Love (2000) Drive (2011) Fight Club (1999) High and Low (1963) Modern Times (1936) The Florida Project (2017) The Lobster (2015) Lost in Translation (2003) The Social Network (2010) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) You, The Living (2007) A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
there are all masterpieces, amazing artistic achievements, and the aesthetics are just breathtaking. so much imagination, vision and work put into each and every one. great vid ty
Great video. Design is always overlooked. Your comments on models regarding Metropolis + my rewatching of the Godzilla films leading to King of the Monsters leads to me request this for the next list: The Top Ten Examples of Model Work.
NitsujRelis i don’t mean to sound like a fucking fanboy, but for pretty much every list (besides staying on budget during production haha) Star Wars could have at LEAST an honorable mention in any list
The variety of movies you cover (many of which I have never heard of) and the breadth of your subject knowledge is incredible. It’s almost like you guys do this for a living. 👍
I was guessing Roy Anderson's Movie will be in the list and I'm not surprised it is no. 1... The whole trilogy has some of the most visually appealing Production Design.
I was about to get disappointed when I realised that 'The Shining' wasn't your pick for best production design for a horror movie. And then, 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' comes up and I'm like, "Yes, this deserves it even more" You guys are awesome!
TheMecoolerest001 great idea. For me it’s Children of Men. My wife and I left the theater literally stooped over. We were completely exhausted by the experience. Only Aliens has come close to giving me that same feeling.
The montages here for multi-pick winners with the wonderful music choices over them was simply fantastic. I'm glad to see Cinefix is growing more and more with every video. ...Even the April Fool's video on The Room.
A fascinating kaleidoscope of cinematic artistry. A great illustration of how critical the setting of any well-told story can be. Not sure about your #1 pick - if only because it appears to exist exclusively as a film-as-canvas art piece where the production design is the exclusive purpose of the exercise rather than production design in service of a more expansive service of storytelling. Amazing work, sure, but it's an apples/oranges comparison to the others. I think the films of the Coen Bros are a great example of how they explore entire story worlds through brilliant attention to detail. HUDSUCKER PROXY, FARGO, NO COUNTRY... everything they have done. All so different and all so original in every frame.
I love that they had multiple ties in this list. I especially love the tie for the post war period piece. It helps capture the loneliness and loss of faith in humanity that the world has suffered from since the end of World War Two.
I feel like 2049 has a lot of great spectacular places that are truly nice, impressive and great world building, but I feel like the original Blade Runner has just such a natural approach that it feels real and lived-in, like the story happens in snapshots of everyday life ...
I used to buy all my videogames in that empty department store from Grand Budapest Hotel~
It's right in the center of my hometown
Where exactly is it
Wheres it located? I wanna Google map it
@@tomebener2369 in Görlitz, Germany
@@clintbandura9018 Görlitz, Germany ^^
@@Sen-droit cool, thank you
Correction at 11:43: Barry Lyndon’s production designer is Ken Adam, not Ken Burns. Ken Burns is the documentary guy.
no Ken Adams is the guy who went backpacking across western Europe
Oliver Martin He said Ken Adam, not Ken Adams.
I was so confused.
you must mean Adam Kim the once nonpartisan candidate for District 4 member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California and not the Canadian hockey player Adam Kim.
Personally think the production design of children of men is fantastic and fits nicely alongside blade runner and her as a fleshed out, believable future
Thought the exact same thing. The way in which *future* is told through production design is so good.
Agreed. Children of Men was the future, not The Future!
Its comments like yours that makes it so clear to me that different tastes absolutely exist. Its obvious that children of men is one of those extremely overrated movies.
I somehow feel guilty for watching this for free. It feels as if this kind of videos, with it's beautiful quality, awesome writing and incredible knowledge of the matter, should be something to pay for. Thanks for sharing.
what kind of neoliberalista are u!! ure probably from florida...
Does CineFix has merch? I'd buy it
I completely agree! So well made
@@patriciatapia1710 ?
@@elisabeth4912 sorry for insulting florida. You are right.
this made me REALLY want to watch the living trilogy.
Mother's Basement i’ve seen Songs from the Second Floor. It may be the bleakest comedy I’ve ever seen. It can also get a bit boring at parts, but I agree with Cinefix: the production design is insanely good. It’s one of those films you can truly describe as “every frame a painting”.
This video made me dizzy and I had to stop it not even half way. Annoying and pretentious narrator and TERRIBLE
editing.
Songs From the Second Floor is a genuinely superlative picture -- both in terms of its construction and its thematic significance. The other two are ... missable, in my humble opinion. A representation of a director's inability to let the best film he's ever made, stand.
Me:
Cinefix: *picks In the Mood for love and Hero*
Not even a mention of The Mirror tho
@@Gillty101 I know is there somewhere... theres no cinefix list without Tarkovsky on it.
Got to hunt frame by frame @@dantebad
@@Gillty101 They also forgot Citizen Kane for every category. But let's face it, The Living Trilogy is becoming the new The Mirror of this channel at this point. It's in every single list for some time now.
@@dantebad, of course and naturally there are shots from Andrei Rublev at 12:46
I'm one of those who tries to watch a movie at least once a day, and everytime I try to pick up one, I end up spending most of the time just choosing it, often checking dozens of lists. Most of the times, I don't even watch the movie, just because I cannot really choose. But I swear, each time I watch a video of yours, with only one goddamned frame, even if I've watched many of the movies you name, you truly make me want to see them all. Thank you for your job, keep it up.
You know it's a good video when Gandalf's in the thumbnail
And Obi Wan is in it
No one:
Cinefix: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE IS PERFECT
Me: Fine, I’ll watch it
prepare to be blown away! ^_^
Couple it with the quasi-sequel, 2046 by the same director. You won't be disappointed.
It really is quite perfect. I thought there was no way it would exceed the very high expectations I had set for it, but it seriously did. Completely blew me away.
Please do. Cinefix blows a lot of air up In The Mood for Love's skirt, but it's all justified. It's really that great.
I had the pleasure of seeing it on 35mm and, my god, the memory of those colors will never leave me.
I think Synecdoche New York deserved an honorable mention at least.
I searched for this comment!
videos like these make me remember the sheer amount of work, time, thought, and effort that go into making film and i find a new appreciation for them all over again.
You do such stylish and comprehensive work with these video essays, highly informative!
I'm so glad Grand Budapest won a Production Design Oscar.
One of my favorite films, I just love looking at it.
This Cinefix episode is one of the most educational about filmmaking I've seen in quite a long time this cinefix should literally be shown in a class at film school... this shows why directors don't achieve great work all in their own they need production designers who are so often the unsung heroes of some of our favorite films.... excellent work displaying what production design is all about....thanks guys
I know it might sound cheesy and silly, but seriously you can't even imagine how much joy and happiness you're bringing me with every video! It's so good! Perfectly structured, great picks from all around the world, amazingly chosen clips, detailed but yet not boring information, very very well done. Keep up the good work, it's worth it :)
I think animation/stop-motion should have had its own category.
Excellent list. I'm wondering what you think of animated movies? Kubo and the Two Strings, Coraline, or even The Incredibles have some amazing production design, often with unparalleled practical effects. Perhaps in an upcoming list?
I don't know if it can even count as production design when it's animated, but I agree. I would love for them to dig into the aesthetics of animated movies. I was absolutely blown away by Into The Spider-Verse, and hopefully we're heading into an era of more and more experimental and stylized animated feature films.
I was looking for this as well, either as a category all its own, or at least considered in their respective genres.
@@ze_rubenator Yes, it is still production design. You still have to design all the animated scenery, props, clothes and color palette of the film. There's also cinematography in animation: you still have to create the animated lighting, type of lenses, camera movements etc. There's different people working hard in each of these departments with head chiefs credited as the "production designer" or "cinematographer".
Sleeping Beauty. That is all. One of the most unique, stylistic and beautifully animated films!
@@XiongGou Especially at the beginning of the movie as everyone is arriving to celebrate the birth of Aurora. Disney was striving to make it look as close to 3D as he could. I fell in love with this movie as a little girl & still love it many years later.
I love Cinefix and this channel has made me appreciate cinema in a completely new way. I wonder if we could get a similar channel talking about video games one day. Looking at production design of games like Bioshock, Alien: Isolation, Read Dead Redemption, The Witcher. Maybe one day people will look back at them and see Art.
the issue is the lack of the idea of an auteur when it comes to video games
@@pathowgate2544 Not true, there are auteurs in video games industry. Mostly in Japan since they can influence their works much more than in Western industry. I recommend Game Maker's Toolkit channel as they have some very interesting videos about game design. It is pretty much CineFix to video games except they don't rank video games but they talk about unique game design in depth.
Some of my favorite videos from Game Maker's Toolkit are "Ico, and Design by Subtraction", "Deconstructing Ori and the Blind Forest's Best Bit", "The Mechanics of Movement".
@@pathowgate2544 This "issue" is not a big one. Video games and movies are not the same media. Yet, wether or not it's based on a single auteur's vision or huge team of artists, some games are brilliant nonetheless.
@@ducquanbui7023 Thanks! I watched the video about Ori and subscribed. I love this game and the channel's take on it.
Bioshock has to be my number one favorite. The whole world is so cool in its futuristic vintage atmosphere. I need to replay 1 & 2 ASAP. Infinite is breathtakingly beautiful too, but the first two are just ;asdasdjfs;ljfs
Very unorthodox listing as always yet very detailed and well-researched, Awesome job again Cinefix, oh, thanks for including my fave movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.
I absolutely love how you showcase many examples before your selection. That really brings the videos up a notch!
Another great list! I’d probably have included Boogie Nights for the late 20th century but I really can’t argue with your picks there either.
We've watched this video so many times now and it never gets old...we get chills with how well done these are every single time!
Great list, but would loved to have seen some love for Tran Anh Hung- both The Scent of Green Papaya and The Vertical Ray of the Sun are among the best designed and most beautiful films I've ever seen, period.
Also The Shape if Water really deserved a mention in the Del Torro section (though I agree Crimson Peak has the best design of any of his films).
The amount of work invested in these videos it baffles me!!! Congrats!!!
In terms of Horror and low budget, I think 'The Descent' deserves some recognition.
Yes, all their setpieces were of rocks and cliffs, but they managed to bring so much life into their movie using only such a simple visual.
The sequel has some creative flare use.
Great choices! I'm very conscious of production design when I watch a film. I can remember the moment when I realized there was more to a film than actors and a story. I was fifteen, and I was watching Harold and Maude at the local theater. I was particularly struck by the way Hal Ashby had framed each scene.
@8:33 In the top right, Her shouts out Blade Runner
Ethan made the same comment, then saw this. Good stuff
Bram Stoker's Dracula deserves a mention for many reasons.
Oh yes!
Amen amen amen... Well said... It deserve atleast nomination and honorable mention!!👌👌👌👌👌👌
Once again, “In the Mood for Love” is featured and my desire to see this film is raised by another 15 points. I think my desire to see this now has a score of 340 out of 10. Damn you, CineFix for bringing awareness of brilliant, thought provoking films into my consciousness!!!
It may sound weird, but my all-time favorite production design for a period piece is that of the Keira Knightly starring Pride And Prejudice. The scenery and design fits the movie so well that it feels like a character itself and draws you into the story without realizing it. It's simplistic, but it feels like the perfect minimalism for the small world they were in and when it goes to the extravagant, the contrast between the homeliness and and the grandiose are really hammered home.
As far as period pieces go, I can't think of anything better.
Another note...LOTR really is fantastic. It's one of, if not the only, fantasy movie that made the world feel real despite the obvious fantasticalness of it all.
I really love all the props in Harry Potter. The level of detail there is just really really great.
Excellent installment. I've always thought Set Designers, and Film Editors, never get enough attention and praise for their absolutely integral part in making a successful film and something that becomes unforgettable and embedded in the memory forever.
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
09. Beginners
08. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
07. Blade Runner, Her
06. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
05. Fanny and Alexander
04. Hero
03. The Godfather II
02. Revolutionary road, The Master
01. The Living Trilogy
Watching your videos tells me you've done more than shuffle a few "best of" lists together and spitting out a new list. You guys put thought into this.
Amazing list. Must admit that I got chills when you referenced The Master, PTA’s under-appreciated masterpiece.
in fact all the work of PTA is mostly underrated except from No Country which somehow it turned a mainstream movie.
Danteabad thanks for chiming in. I think you are referring to There will be blood, which many thought would win best pic in a very strong 80th Oscars (2008). No country (Coen brothers) won BP they year. I have The Master as PTA’s second best after TWBB, and there are several other good to great films he has directed.
yeah you are right sorry. I confused one with the other. TWBB had a great contender having to struggle with the Coen brothers and No country in 2008. @@rhythmoriented PTA has grown so much as director and seems like every movie he does turns into a masterpiece.
I know this is a crazy CRAZY big task, but I need this channel to make a “just 10 (maybe 20-30) movies you should watch if you just love movies”
I adore this channel. I’ve found so many great movies from this channel. I’ve won trivia points because of this channel. And in terms of production I appreciate its depth yet tangibility. But every single list gives me, in the gods honest truth, anywhere between 1-10 movies I want to watch, and of all the channels I follow THIS is the one I need a starters list.
And it’s not like you won’t have PLENTY of options left, many who’d be left in the comments.
Awesome video as always! Visuals can be my favourite part of a movie, so I love the fact that you guys made a video on production design. Cheers!
Roma deserved a mention but the list is still amazing, I love this channel
Goddamnit, you don’t use a piece of music that beautiful and then fail to tell us WHAT IT IS.
Girl with a pearl earring. Every set, the whole film itself renders the world of Vermeer and his paintings with beautiful perfection. (Beyond the visual delight, I think it's a great - and massively underrated - film overall.)
Thank you for including LOTR. I would have rioted if it wasn't on the list
Pretty rubbish films though? Dull and slow. Even worse than the books
@@drsnowboard No. perfection in every way.
Those one word descriptions from 12:02-12:08,
"Worlds filled with the kind of life characters could reach out and touch,"
"It feels like a generic nowhere with splashes of specific everywhere,"
Poetry. Really appreciate how you guys must be like just as humans to see things the way you do and put them forth like this.
I agree with the choice of Blade Runner/Her for the sci-fi category, but man, Star Wars could at least get a mention hahaha
Star wars ain't sci-fi, it's more a fantasy.
I was sad to see no mention of hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
@@suprempuk According to Cinefix, it's a Western! (True story)
suprempuk I mean with all the advanced technology of cloning, holograms, space warfare with various specially designed sci-fi vehicles, numerous planets, it’s definitely a sci-fi but a science fantasy would be a better name. The science fiction elements are strong but so are the fantasy/adventure elements.
Small honorable mention to the Secret Garden (1987) and Let the Right one In (2008). Also glad Hero was on this list, I love set design so much and this was a great list
"Her" deserves all the love. An underrated masterpiece.
Definitely glad you included Roy Andersson but the reasoning is a bit off imo. His shots are decorated to elevate and accentuate the cold bleakness of life in industrial Sweden around the 80's and 90's. Though it's so specific and amazingly weird in its portrayed culture that I can't blame you for mistaking it as a more contemporary take.
Love your guys work just wish The Dark Crystal was mentioned for fantasy. Harry Lang, Jim Henson, and Frank Oz created a world that was real and different.
there was a shot from dark crystal wasn't there? thought I saw one
Recently rewatched TRON: LEGACY. That production design was great. You really felt like you were in a game/computer world. It is one of my favorite more recent film design and aesthetic. Similar to how the production design in BLACK PANTHER made you feel like you were in Wakanda.
I almost fell out of my chair when the #5 pick rolled in and it's a shot of my home town Uppsala, Sweden.
This might be the best video of yours yet, just phenomenal work bringing up so many movies I have never watched or even heard of. Just wow
The lord of the rings has been giving me goosebumps for 20 years now...still counting...
Never would have thought of it on my own, but now I can't "unsee" The Grand Budapest Hotel as a department store. It really does look like Selfridge's.
Blade Runner 2049
THANK YOU
this x10000
Logan's Run
I agree, I think it took Blade Runner and Her and everything in between and found a way to finally perfect what we thought was already perfect. Immaculate futuristic vision design.
At least my boi Tron Legacy got a tiny cameo at the beginning of the video
Finally a CineFix video that i can watch without worrying about spoilers.
I have always liked the design of Event Horizon. Great looking ship inside and out.
Didn't fully embrace the narrative of 'Her' however I did enjoy it's world and I could picture myself in that environment. Glad you acknowledged 'Blade Runner'. 'A.I.' had some interesting sets too.
*deep sigh* apparently I still secretly want to be a production designer
Go get it!
I had exactly the same thought while watching this video and it came to me shortly after beginning :D
Sees new CineFix list. Gets super excited, takes a breath and clicks. You guys do great work. Have learned so much and found many great works because of you guys. So, thanks.
I seriously have no complaints about this list, it's so perfect
Loved the editing with more panels. Hope it becomes standard.
Thank you for mentioning The Fall - that movie is so underrated, and it's production design is one of my favorite things about watching it!
I'll choose for ya, Blade Runner
Yes! Crimson Peak gets a mention! I was just thinking about how underrated it was, the set really is spectacular.
Have you guys jumped onto the Podcast bandwagon yet? you should
I don't want things withkut the visuals.
it would be funny talking about movies without visuals
Man, I love these videos. You guys are absolutely brilliant!
great video, this will need part 2!
I’M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED HER! I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ITS PRODUCTION DESIGN!
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Alien (1979)
Crimson Peak (2015)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
13 Assassins (2010)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Playtime (1967)
Blade Runner (1982)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
The Leopard (1963)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Sin City (2005)
Dune (1984)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Amélie (2001)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Brazil (1985)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Aviator (2004)
Hugo (2011)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Batman (1989)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Sweeney Todd (2007)
Rushmore (1998)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
City of God (2002)
Taxi Driver (1979)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Black Swan (2010)
The Godfather (1971)
The Shining (1980)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Three Colors Red (1994)
Three Colors Blue (1993)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
A Single Man (2009)
Tree of Life (2011)
Room (2015)
Beginners (2010)
Se7en (1995)
Get Out (2017)
Eraserhead (1977)
Psycho (1960)
The Cell (2000)
Suspiria (1977)
The Shining (1980)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Big Fish (2003)
Batman Returns (1992)
Dark City (1998)
Children of Men (2006)
Ex Machina (2015)
Metropolis (1927)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Minority Report (2002)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
2001: a Space Odyssey (1968)
Her (2013)
The Fall (2006)
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
What Dreams May Come (1998)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Elizabeth the Golden Age (2007)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
The Leopard (1963)
A Room with a View (1985)
Howard’s End (1992)
Titanic (1997)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Amadeus (1984)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Ben Hur (1959)
Cleopatra (1963)
Intolerance (1916)
Gladiator (2000)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
300 (2006)
Macbeth (2015)
Andrei Rubley (1966)
Hard to Be a God (2013)
Yojimbo (1961)
Silence (2016)
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Hero (2002)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2002)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Handmaiden (2016)
The Conformist (1970)
The Last Emperor (1987)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Atonement (2007)
Phantom Thread (2017)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Ida (2013)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
American Hustle (2013)
Everybody Wants Some (2016)
Zodiac (2007)
Selma (2014)
A Serious Man (2009)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
The Master (2012)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Drive (2011)
Fight Club (1999)
High and Low (1963)
Modern Times (1936)
The Florida Project (2017)
The Lobster (2015)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Social Network (2010)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
You, The Living (2007)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
there are all masterpieces, amazing artistic achievements, and the aesthetics are just breathtaking. so much imagination, vision and work put into each and every one. great vid ty
Blade Runner/Her, boy you got me.
Great video. Design is always overlooked. Your comments on models regarding Metropolis + my rewatching of the Godzilla films leading to King of the Monsters leads to me request this for the next list: The Top Ten Examples of Model Work.
Did anybody see a Starbucks cup in any of these films?😂
Beautiful critiques and thoughts on several of the most influential cinematic productions of all-time.
The Room better be #1
Those spoons tho
If you weren't utterly immersed by the moment he walked into that flower shop... what are you even doing here.
Tied with The Mirror
My five favs were either mentioned or won this list. So thrilled at your brilliant choices. Keep up the great content.
How is Star Wars not on here somewhere? They literally made a world that feels like it existed “a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.”
NitsujRelis i don’t mean to sound like a fucking fanboy, but for pretty much every list (besides staying on budget during production haha) Star Wars could have at LEAST an honorable mention in any list
Thats because Star war's esthetics is actually based on previous works, like 2001: a space odyssey.
@@jascrandom9855 You can't be serious. Nothing in Star wars looks anything like 2001.
The variety of movies you cover (many of which I have never heard of) and the breadth of your subject knowledge is incredible. It’s almost like you guys do this for a living. 👍
Imagine if you submitted something like this as your dissertation.
They'd have to make a new grade for how good it is haha.
Cinefix is the kind of channel that just makes you fall in love with movies
what's the music at 7:30?
I was guessing Roy Anderson's Movie will be in the list and I'm not surprised it is no. 1... The whole trilogy has some of the most visually appealing Production Design.
Would you please list the music you use behind every segment as well? Wonderful choice, would love to know what they are
id kill to know the music that played in the blade runner and her segment
Brandon Bader right?
Eukarya by Rodg, but I want the music at 6:42
@@AndyKunkel exactly
Classic cinefix list. Some crowd favorites, a few hidden gems, and a #1 pick that no one has ever seen.
I have to be THAT guy, and i´m sorry. No Star Wars mention in a production design list? Alright then...
(Awesome list as always guys)
I was about to get disappointed when I realised that 'The Shining' wasn't your pick for best production design for a horror movie. And then, 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' comes up and I'm like, "Yes, this deserves it even more" You guys are awesome!
It would be cool if you did a video exploring the most intense movies of all time and everything that the idea of intense means.
TheMecoolerest001 great idea. For me it’s Children of Men. My wife and I left the theater literally stooped over. We were completely exhausted by the experience. Only Aliens has come close to giving me that same feeling.
Hero... man... what a visually powerful movie. I know when the color of a movie blows me away with my colorblindness, it must be something special.
What music is playing at 7:33 , at the start of the Blade Runner/Her clips?
Apparently is Eukarya by Rodg
Do you know the music at 6:42?
The montages here for multi-pick winners with the wonderful music choices over them was simply fantastic. I'm glad to see Cinefix is growing more and more with every video.
...Even the April Fool's video on The Room.
You forgot to mention children of men. It's one of the most realistic depictions of the future I've ever seen
Aman M S it gets some screentime on there.
Including the interviews of the directors/designers is a fantastic addition to these lists.
Just at the Start, if BR2049 is not on here i'll be disappointed
Well there is BR :) But yes, BR2049 also has great production design.
A fascinating kaleidoscope of cinematic artistry.
A great illustration of how critical the setting of any well-told story can be. Not sure about your #1 pick - if only because it appears to exist exclusively as a film-as-canvas art piece where the production design is the exclusive purpose of the exercise rather than production design in service of a more expansive service of storytelling. Amazing work, sure, but it's an apples/oranges comparison to the others.
I think the films of the Coen Bros are a great example of how they explore entire story worlds through brilliant attention to detail. HUDSUCKER PROXY, FARGO, NO COUNTRY... everything they have done. All so different and all so original in every frame.
Surprised to not see Snowpiercer...good list though.
I love that they had multiple ties in this list. I especially love the tie for the post war period piece. It helps capture the loneliness and loss of faith in humanity that the world has suffered from since the end of World War Two.
I thought blade runner 2049s design was better in my opinion, the robot making place was crazy
Imo the colors were better in 2049 but it was much eptier.
I feel like 2049 has a lot of great spectacular places that are truly nice, impressive and great world building, but I feel like the original Blade Runner has just such a natural approach that it feels real and lived-in, like the story happens in snapshots of everyday life ...
Has to be my most favorite episode yet! Just wonderful. Thank you!
what's the music playing at the 4 way tie montage at #2??
Agreed, would like to know if anyone recognizes.
Capturing the Moment - Brice Davoli & Valerie Deniz
I think this might be my favourite Cinefix video so far
2 videos in a day?
Time to buy lottery, guys.
Don't know if I disagree with any of your picks, but Bladerunner, Godfather 2, and Hero - I couldn't agree more.