France,
2012, 52 min
Directed by:
Jean-Pierre DevillersPlots(1)
Painted in 1942 by American artist Edward Hopper, "Nighthawks" has become a symbol of American culture through the many reproductions and representations it has inspired, particularly in film.
This documentary reveals the keys to understanding the work, by re-establishing it in its social and cultural context, and bears witness to Hopper's fierce independence as a painter well aware of the artistic stakes of his time, split between realism and abstraction.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Edward Hopper (a.f.)
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