>>6245236I guess one visual source of inspiration you can pilfer from the Cold War / Eastern Bloc etc, which can be transposed into other settings, is BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE. You can invoke that Eastern Bloc era aesthetic in other genres (eg government conspiracy or SCP style scenarios eg that Remedy CONTROL videogame). I think you could also borrow Brutalist aesthetics for space operas or dystopias eg the Christian Bale Equilibrium film etc
Anyway pic related is a still of the Suspiria (2018) Dance Academy for you Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR anon lol (for some reason I just think of Konami Dance Dance Revolution lol) I actually remembered it wrong lol that Suspiria 2018 film is perhaps set on the West side of the Berlin wall? So probably watch that Tom Hanks Bridge Of Spies film for the East German side instead lol. Anyway it all looks very bleak and German, I like it when the mise en scene appears excruciatingly attentive to detail
