简介：EdwardHopper(1882-1967)isoneofthebestknownandmostadmiredofAmericanartists.Hefoundpoetryinquiet,privatemomentssetinunexceptionalplaces,suchasanonymoushotelrooms,diners(Nighthawks),gasstations,andtraditionalhouses.Withintheseurbanorsmall-townspaces,HoppercreatediconicimagesofAmericanlifethatpresentuswiththepossibilityofnarrative,butultimatelyremainenigmatic.Ratherthandepictaspecificstory,theysuggestauniversal,sharedexperience.ThisfilmtracesHopper'svariedinfluences,fromFrenchimpressionismtothegangsterfilmsofthe1930s.Thedocumentaryusesarchivalphotosandfilm,speciallyshotfootageoflocationspaintedbyHopperinNewYorkandtheNewEnglandcoast,andinterviewswithartistsEricFischlandRedGrooms,scholars,andcurators.NarratedbySteveMartin…