Thursday Matinee Film Series: The Realism of New York Artist Edward Hopper and His Influence on Cinema: "Rear Window" (PG)

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Teens, Adults
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Join us upstairs in the Community Room. No registration required.

Educator Victor Messick will moderate this film series delving into the influence of the NYC- and Nyack- based realist artist Edward Hopper on film directors and cinematographers.  

A Hitchcock classic!  A photographer (James Stewart) in a wheelchair spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend (Grace Kelly).  (1954) (112 min.)

According to Smithsonian Associates:   "Alfred Hitchcock and American painter Edward Hopper, an unlikely artistic pair, shared a rich and complex vision:  Both were deeply affected by the traditions of film noir. Each created a unique visual language shaped by the psychological implications of spectatorship, voyeurism, and viewer empathy. They also imbued their often-commonplace subjects with a deeper, and disquieting meaning: Windows that both reflect and reveal, strategically placed spots of color, a lit cigarette, and shadows all seem to carry more meaning than they otherwise might."  

A discussion will follow the film.  No registration required.