Jane Barnwell 2022. Finding Your Way Through the Maze: Navigating the Public and Private Spaces of Downing Street in Darkest Hour (2017 Joe Wright, PD Sarah Greenwood). in: Production Design & the Cinematic Home Springer Nature. pp. 129-150
| Chapter title | Finding Your Way Through the Maze: Navigating the Public and Private Spaces of Downing Street in Darkest Hour (2017 Joe Wright, PD Sarah Greenwood) |
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| Authors | Jane Barnwell |
| Abstract | The film is set in 1940 during a turning point in the Second World War. Downing Street is a crucial environment in the film that reflects Winston Churchill’s (Gary Oldman) private and public persona effectively. As one of the most famous addresses in the world, Downing Street contains the twin functions of headquarters of the British government offices and private home of the Prime Minister and, thus, contains the potential for architectural anomalies at every turn. PD Sarah Greenwood used the real exterior combined with built interiors to convey the sense of struggle and lack of clarity during the tense period in British history portrayed in the film. |
| Book title | Production Design & the Cinematic Home |
| Page range | 129-150 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 2022 |
| ISBN | 9783030904487 |
| 9783030904494 | |
| 9783030904517 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90449-4_7 |
| Web address (URL) | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90449-4_7 |
| Journal | Production Design & the Cinematic Home |