... FOR "DETAILS YOU PROBABLY NEVER NOTICED IN POPULAR FILMS BEFORE ('HOME ALONE' EDITION)"

For Home Alone (1990), director Chris Columbus wanted to give the film a warm Christmas feel. So he drenched the production design in greens and reds, the better to imbue the viewer with the spirit of the season:

Even the exterior of the McCallister home gets the same standard red-and-green treatment:

It's enough to make you wonder: Does the house feel just as Christmas-y during the rest of the year? Did they design the house specifically for this reason? What is it the McCallisters do for a living, anyway?

Kevin's clothing, too, is made up of color patterns so subtle you might not even notice them:

Kudos to Columbus, production designer John Muto, and costume designer Jay Hurley for thinking a little outside the box on this one. Especially since the rest of the movie plays like a live- action Road Runner cartoon.