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America painted by Hopper shows the dark side of progress, this sad- ness drifting away from a vast, limitless and immensely popular space as in Hitchcock’s films «North by Northwest» in 1959, by Wim Wenders in «Paris, Texas «in 1984 or» Dances with Wolves «by Kevin Costner in 1990. Hopper uses the sunlight of midday or the glow of twilight to write the scenario of each story in very specific light atmospheres.
Highlight of this beautiful retrospective, the filmmaker Wim Wenders paid a personal tribute to the painter by producing a short 3D film entitled «Two or Three Things I Know about Hopper», screened in a dedicated room.
Wenders has traveled across the United States in search of «Hopper’s Spirit» to show on film how much he owes him for all the influence he has had on his films.
Poetic, touching, this ode to talent reinforces the palpable emotion of this stirring exhibition.