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"[Designs on Film] traces the art of building pretend worlds. Starting back in the pre-talkie years, and moving through Hollywood's golden age and the epic-crazy '60s, right up to contemporary Hollywood, the book is packed with insider tidbits about the wildly inventive-and improvisational-business of movie-making." - Wall Street Journal
"Whitlock makes a major contribution to movie literature by saluting undersung production designers, set decorators and art directors." - Los Angeles Times
"An amazing glimpse into art direction." - The New Yorker
"This lush book of pictures and drawings showcases big-screen glamour over the decades, from the opulence of Cleopatra to the more modern majesty of Batman. - Entertainment Weekly
"A compendium of images celebrating iconic interiors and architecture….[Whitlock] sifted through decades of archival photographs to assemble this rare glimpse into the world of Hollywood art direction and set design. " - Dwell
"Whitlock makes a major contribution to movie literature by saluting undersung production designers, set decorators and art directors." - Los Angeles Times
"An amazing glimpse into art direction." - The New Yorker
"This lush book of pictures and drawings showcases big-screen glamour over the decades, from the opulence of Cleopatra to the more modern majesty of Batman. - Entertainment Weekly
"A compendium of images celebrating iconic interiors and architecture….[Whitlock] sifted through decades of archival photographs to assemble this rare glimpse into the world of Hollywood art direction and set design. " - Dwell