Thanks for reading and sharing the article. I like this part in particular:
“What are we doing here, seeing that? Voyeurism—the saddest excitement—may be suggested. The emotional tug of many of Hitchcock’s characters and all of Hopper’s requires their unawareness of being looked at.”
This was great, thank you for sharing it! Coincidentally, I read this 2020 new yorker essay on Hopper and loneliness earlier this week, feels like a nice companion piece: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/08/edward-hopper-and-american-solitude
Thanks for reading and sharing the article. I like this part in particular:
“What are we doing here, seeing that? Voyeurism—the saddest excitement—may be suggested. The emotional tug of many of Hitchcock’s characters and all of Hopper’s requires their unawareness of being looked at.”
might need to invest in a print of "new york movie" now