25th Hour (2002) | Production Design

25th Hour

Spike Lee Director
40 Acres 2002

25th Hour poster, 25th Hour (2002), directed by Spike Lee. Production design by James Chinlund.

Tribute in Light over the Manhattan skyline, 25th Hour (2002)

Ground Zero seen from an apartment window, 25th Hour (2002)

Trading floor, 25th Hour (2002)

Trader on the trading floor, 25th Hour (2002)

Apartment living room, 25th Hour (2002)

Couple in the apartment, 25th Hour (2002)

Loft apartment, 25th Hour (2002)

High school classroom, 25th Hour (2002)

Two men at a bar table, 25th Hour (2002)

Diner with red booths, 25th Hour (2002)

Restaurant interior, 25th Hour (2002)

Men at a bar table at night, 25th Hour (2002)

Manhattan Bridge at night, 25th Hour (2002)

Conversation in a dark bar, 25th Hour (2002)

Bathroom mirror with graffiti, 25th Hour (2002)

Nightclub lounge, 25th Hour (2002)

Nightclub bar, 25th Hour (2002)

Crowded nightclub, 25th Hour (2002)

Nightclub bar in purple light, 25th Hour (2002)

Nightclub table, 25th Hour (2002)

Couple in red light, 25th Hour (2002)

Upper bar lounge, 25th Hour (2002)

Dance floor from the DJ booth, 25th Hour (2002)

Two men above the dance floor, 25th Hour (2002)

Nightclub bar in violet light, 25th Hour (2002)

White interrogation room, 25th Hour (2002)

Highway with a roadside cross, 25th Hour (2002)

Greyhound bus station cafe, 25th Hour (2002)

Small-town storefront, 25th Hour (2002)

25th Hour — Spike Lee, 2002 Shot in New York City in the immediate aftermath of September 11th, 25th Hour was the first film to address the event directly — a fragile moment in the city's history that demanded careful handling. The central design challenge for production designer James Chinlund was weaving that visual and emotional reality into the fabric of the film without disrupting the flow of the narrative. For Chinlund it was also his first collaboration with Spike Lee — a filmmaker whose work had been a formative influence.

AUTOFOCUS PAUL SCHRADER

STORYTELLING TODD SOLONDZ