Film Adaptations of Edward Hopper's Iconic Artworks

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once remarked of his masterpiecethe famous scene depicting a downtown diner late at night. In fact, many pieces in Hopper’s oeuvre, a sun-drenched yet grimly nostalgic memento of midcentury modern America, depict solitary figures engaged in an act of reflection.

Deutsch's film is not the first to have been inspired by the American painter's cinematic paintings. In fact, Hopper has influenced countless filmmakers before – take the voyeuristic element that pervades Hitchcock'sShirley , however stands out as one of a kind. Faithfully reproducing 13 of Hopper's tableaux three-dimensionally on set, the basis of the film is the story of an independent and opinionated New York actress whose life we follow through three turbulent decades of American history, from 1931’s Great Depression to the Riots of 1963.

The process Deutsch followed to achieve this level of accuracy was meticulous, visiting museums exhibiting Hopper's work with a colour palette in hand in order to match the paintings’ shades down to the finest detail. The filmmaker's background in architectural studies allowed him to painstakingly recreate Hopper’s theatrical lighting using space and form, rather than relying solely on painted sets to achieve the same effect.

 

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