Description
Exhibition on Screen: Hopper – An American Love Story (12A)
Director: Phil Grabsky
Documentary | UK | 2022
1 hr 34 mins
This film from the acclaimed series, Exhibition on Screen, examines the life and work of that most American of artists, Edward Hopper. Entitled An American Love Story, it refers to his love of USA, of everyday life, of architecture and of film, particularly Hitchcock and film noir. An Impressive biography, it portrays a complex love for his wife with whom he had a conflicted, difficult relationship, but on whom he depended. As with other films in this series, the camera lingers on the artworks, allowing viewers to contemplate and respond without being told what they are seeing. Interestingly, his is the artistic work most often used to illustrate articles during the COVID period depicting isolation and loneliness or what Hopper preferred to call it, “solitude”.
Special guest: Phil Grabsky
Producer, director, author and historian Phil Grabsky has been making documentaries for over 30 years, culminating in a BAFTA Award for Best Single Documentary in 2021 with My Childhood, My Country, an epic look at coming-of-age in Afghanistan that took 20 years to film. He has been at the cutting edge of new media technology, producing the first surround-sound documentary The Lost Temple of Java for the BBC and the world’s first 3D visual arts film, Tim Marlow on British Sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts for Sky Arts. Phil has pioneered the visual arts documentary and we are delighted to have him join us to present his latest work on the legendary US painter Edward Hopper
Friday 27 Oct. 7.30 pm
Q & A with Director Phil Grabsky
The Mowlem Theatre BH19 1DD
£12.00: £6.00 (students and under 25s)
Refreshments available from the theatre bar
