Designers Reveal 11 Films That Inspire Their Interiors, from Hitchcock to Coppola
Architectural Digest has selected eleven films from 1955 to 2009 that serve as lasting visual influences for interior designers. Betsy Kasha highlights the French sophistication of Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief. Alexander D. Wilson appreciates Auntie Mame for showcasing six distinct design styles. Brigette Romanek points out the stark New York design contrasts in Fatal Attraction. Jessica Davis admires the classic New York apartment depicted in Green Card. Noz Nozawa mentions the 1980s design features in Death Becomes Her. Jessica Bradley envisions the elegance of the London townhouse in The Parent Trap. Manny Varas celebrates the Italian villas in The Talented Mr. Ripley, while Summer Thornton enjoys the mix of grandeur and irreverence in Marie Antoinette. Leonora Hamill reflects on I Am Love's Villa Necchi, and Nina Magon highlights the modernism in A Single Man. Lastly, Heather French revisits the adobe architecture in It’s Complicated.
Key facts
- Architectural Digest published a list of 11 films that interior designers watch for inspiration.
- The films range from 1955’s To Catch a Thief to 2009’s I Am Love and A Single Man.
- Betsy Kasha of Kasha Paris praises To Catch a Thief for its French elan and the Hotel Carlton’s wall mouldings.
- Alexander D. Wilson notes Auntie Mame showcases six design styles in a fictional duplex at 3 Beekman Place.
- Brigette Romanek of Romanek Design Studio says Fatal Attraction captures a specific moment in New York design history.
- Noz Nozawa of Noz Design has watched Death Becomes Her over 50 times and seeks to recreate an oversized blue 1980s-Regency sofa.
- Leonora Hamill had an epiphany seeing I Am Love, partly shot at Villa Necchi Campiglio designed by Piero Portaluppi.
- Heather French of French & French Interiors admires the adobe architecture in It’s Complicated, reminiscent of George Washington Smith.
Entities
Artists
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Grace Kelly
- Cary Grant
- Rosalind Russell
- Alexander D. Wilson
- Adrian Lyne
- Glenn Close
- Michael Douglas
- Brigette Romanek
- Andie MacDowell
- Gérard Depardieu
- Jessica Davis
- Meryl Streep
- Goldie Hawn
- Bruce Willis
- Noz Nozawa
- Nancy Meyers
- Jessica Bradley
- Manny Varas
- Sofia Coppola
- Marie Antoinette
- Baz Luhrmann
- Summer Thornton
- Tilda Swinton
- Edoardo Gabbriellini
- Luca Guadagnino
- Piero Portaluppi
- Leonora Hamill
- Tom Ford
- Colin Firth
- Nina Magon
- Alec Baldwin
- Heather French
- George Washington Smith
- Betsy Kasha
Institutions
- Architectural Digest
- Kasha Paris
- Romanek Design Studio
- Atelier Davis
- Noz Design
- Jessica Bradley Interiors
- French & French Interiors
- AD PRO Directory
Locations
- South of France
- France
- New York City
- New York
- United States
- Milan
- Italy
- Versailles
- Los Angeles
- California
- London
- England
- Tuscany