September Book + Film Club: Production Design in Trainspotting (1996)
Schedule
Wed Sep 24 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203 | Birmingham, AL
Sidewalk’s Book + Film Club unites movie and book lovers for a monthly film screening and discussion about famous films and the people who make them. At the end of the month, we host a screening of a film related to the book and host a round-table discussion. Each session is $35 and the includes book, film screening, and discussion. Buy 3 or more months at once with the book included and get 10% off your registration by using code ‘3ormore' at checkout! Already have the book? Select the $15 option for access to the film screening and post film discussion.Registration Deadline to have books mailed: Friday September 5th. Books will be mailed within 72 hours of this date.
Registration Deadline to have books picked up: Monday, September 15th. Books can be picked up from our Box Office during our regular operating hours Thursday & Friday from 2pm til Close and on Saturday & Sunday from 10:30am until close. You will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up. You will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up.
Book: Production Design – Architects of the Screen (Short Cuts) by Jane Barnwell
Production Design: Architects of the Screen explores the role of the production designer through a historical overview that maps out landmark film and television designs. From the familiar environs of television soap operas to the elaborate and disorientating Velvet Goldmine. Jane Barnwell considers how themes. motifs and colours offer clues to unravel plot. character and underlying concepts. In addressing the importance of physical space in film and TV, the book investigates questions of authenticity in detail. props. colours and materials. The design codes of period drama. more playful representations of the past and distinctive contemporary looks are discussed through the use of key examples ranging from musicals of the 1930s to cult films of the 1990s. The book also includes interviews with leading production designers and studies of Trainspotting, The English Patient and Caravaggio.
Film: Trainspotting
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
Private screening and discussion will take place at Sidewalk Cinema September 24th at 7:00pm.
