20 Things You Didn't Know About The Ring
11. Artistic Influences
The role of a production designer is crucial to a film, especially in the fantasy/sci fi/horror universe. Often, designers will seek inspiration from more traditional artists; William Friedkin took Rene Magritte paintings as his inspiration for scenes in The Exorcist, and The Ring is no exception.
Here, production designer Tom Duffield looked to the bleak, desolate images and paintings of Andrew Wyeth, an American painter of the 'Regionalist' style. His landscapes, many depicting his childhood in Maine, captured the ruralism of Samara's home, Moesko Island, and the isolation of the characters.
The entire film has a washed out, Matrix-like, green palette, in keeping with the film's themes and general tone of sinister bleakness.