Art, Film & Hopper

Austrian director Gustav Deutsch has recreated 13 of Edward Hopper's paintings into a film From Shirley - Visions Of Reality. The plot expands on the story of Shirley, a recurrent figure in Hopper's paintings.

From Shirley – Visions of Reality (2013). Photograph by Jerzy Palacz.

Office at Night (1940) by Edward Hopper

From Shirley – Visions of Reality (2013). Photograph by Jerzy Palacz.

Morning Sun (1952) by Edward Hopper

From Shirley – Visions of Reality (2013). Photograph by Jerzy Palacz.

Room in New York (1932) by Edward Hopper

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Scout

Discovering New York City gems through the eyes of movie location scout Nick Carr.

 

The 'Abandoned' McKittrick Hotel on West 27th Street.

If it don't make dollaz

Notable films à clef

8½, Federico Fellini's "director's block".

Citizen Kane, William Randolph Hearst.

 Annie Hall,
denied by Woody Allen to reflect his relationship with Diane Keaton. 

Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola and ex-husband, Spike Jonze.

 Adaptation, based on The Orchid Thief &

 Charlie Kaufman's difficulty in adapting the book into a screenplay.

Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson dealing with his father's death.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Nihilists

Gutterballs - The Big Lebowski

imma ruin you

The Beautiful and The Damned

No church in the wild.