13 Edward Hopper Paintings Recreated As Sets For Indie Film

Director Gustav Deutsch painstakingly recreates 13 paintings by iconic American artist, Edward Hopper, in the film, Shirley - Visions of Reality.

above left: original paintings by Edward Hopper, above right, the set designs for Shirley-Visions of Reality.

From the director's statement:
I selected Edward Hopper’s picturesque oeuvre, which was not only influenced by film noir – in his choice of lighting, subject and framing as seen in paintings such as Night Windows (1938), Office at Night (1940), Room in New York (1932) and his direct references to cinema such as in New York Movie (1939) and Intermission (1963) – but which also in turn influenced filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders.

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  1. Anonymous7:01 pm

    I re-watched Pennies from Heaven (the Steve Martin version) the other night. It also used several Hopper pictures. And the Turner Classic Movie network also uses a couple in their feature intros and such. Hopper's work never got so much love while he was alive.

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