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Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
American painter of contemporary American life and realistic everyday situations…
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Description
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Make sentences using the following words : City night scene/ deserted street/ diner/ at the counter/waiter/ 3 customers/ to have a drink/ to smoke… |
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Interpretation Complete… A/ Light and Colour
- The crude and yellow lighting inside creates an ………………… atmosphere
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B/ Lines
The dominant …………………… and…………………… lines convey impassiveness and isolate the characters. List the
barriers that separate the figures from one another : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… |
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C/ Characters (figures)
Clothes and attitudes |
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The girl’s heavy make-up and red dress as well as her red hair make us think of a …………… film. She seems to be the archetype of the femme fatale or simply a prostitute. The men’s emaciated faces and their Humphrey Bogart style could make us think of……………….. .
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Nobody seems to talk. A man is turning his …… . Another man is smoking without ………………… . The barman looks…… |
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All these elements produce………. . All the characters are in a sort of aquarium, and despite their togetherness they are ………
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- Can you relate this scene to your personal experience of solitude ? |
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- What do you know about Humphrey Bogart and the cinema in the 40s ? |