The World After Us: have you noticed that the painting and wallpaper evolve throughout the film?

In the living room as in the bedroom, the walls indicate the psychological evolution of the characters.

Still first in the top 10 most watched Netflix films at the time of writing, The World After Us has not finished revealing all its secrets: the most attentive will perhaps have noticed that the paintings present in the house evolve over the course of the story and the revelations around the nature of the blackout (we needed two viewings to realize it, we won’t blame you). Particularly the one in the living room, which initially looks like this:

Then it becomes messier when the characters begin to realize the dangerousness of the situation:

Towards the end, as Amanda and Clay’s son loses his teeth, the painting becomes more and more abstract and disjointed:

“ Many people miss this detail. The feeling of chaos increases as the film progresses. », explains to Architectural Digest art curator Racquel Chevremont, who worked on The World After Us. She specifies on the official Netflix website that she and director Sam Esmail did not want “ not that it’s too obvious. We needed something that could create an emotional response without people really understanding why the place seems slightly different to them. We did the same thing in the bedroom with the wallpaper where we see a seascape. At the beginning of the film, the sea is very calm. Towards the end, there are huge waves. »

Indeed, wallpaper suffers the same fate. When Clay and Amanda arrive in their room, we can see the horizon and the sea:

When Amanda receives the famous notifications on her phone, things go wrong:

Finally, at the most tense moment, the raging sea invaded everything:

The World After Us is still viewable on Netflix.

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