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Shirley: Visions of Reality

Shirley: Visions of Reality

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 26, 2013

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama

User Score

62%

Original Title

Shirley: Visions of Reality

Production Companies

KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production

Director

Gustav Deutsch

Description

A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. "Office at Night", "Western Motel", "Usherette", "A Woman in the Sun") into a fascinating synthesis of painting and film, personal and political history. Each station in Shirley’s professional and private life from the 1930s to 1960s is precisely dated: It is always August 28/29 of the year in question, as the locations vary from Paris to New York to Cape Cod.