The set of the widely admired thriller Room has been put on display in Los Angeles as the film continues its campaign for end-of-year awards.
Adapted from the novel by Emma Donoghue, which was consciously inspired by the Fritzl case in Austria, Room has become an unexpected Oscars contender after winning the People’s Choice award at the Toronto film festival.
The first third of the film – which follows the story of a boy called Jack, who has spent his life, along with his mother, confined by a mysterious kidnapper – takes place almost entirely in the claustrophobic environs of the single-room set. Having been put in storage by Room’s production designer, Ethan Tobman, the set has now been reconstructed at the Landmark Theatres in West Los Angeles.
Described as “painfully real” by the New York Times, the set features 72 removable panels that allowed film-makers to shoot scenes without taking up more space than was necessary.
At present, the set is open only to film guild members who will be voting for awards and not the general public, but that may change, according to Awards Campaign’s Gregory Ellwood, who posted the above picture on Instagram.
