He was looking at Lorrain for inspiration for his «Noble Prospects» but to achieve this he was applying a radical methodology of false perspectives. (studiointernational.com)
(The problem is presented in entirely false perspective by J. Leipoldt, Der Tod bei Griechen und Juden [1942]. (religion-online.org)
Apart from Alexandre Trauner's Oscar - winning sets — including the vast office space modelled on that in King Vidor's The Crowd (1928) and achieved through false perspective — the film is visually less arresting than functional. (theartsdesk.com)