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Un Workhouse, était un lieu qui accueillait au Royaume-Uni les personnes incapables de subvenir seules à leur besoin. Ils pouvaient y vivre en échange de leur travail.

Ces foyers furent officiellement crées en 1834, par le Poor Law Amendment Act, mais existaient déjà depuis la old poor law de 1601.

A workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. The Oxford Dictionary's earliest reference to a workhouse dates to 1652 in Exeter. There is, however, some written evidence that workhouses existed before this date. Records mention a workhouse in 1631 in Abingdon. The vagrants' and casual workers' ward of a workhouse was colloquially known as a spike, from the tool used to unpick oakum.

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Hopper's Biography

Edward Hopper was born on the twenty second of july in 1882 and died on the fifteen of may1967. He was a américan citizen and he studied at The New York school of Art. Edward Hopper was a realist painter and a american printmaker. He was a representative of naturalism and of the american scene, because he painted the daily life. At the beginning of his career, he represented the parisian scenes before to paint american landscapes.

From 1915 to 1926, he painted his first printmakers. [...] 

In 1920, he did his first exhibitions of oil on canvas.

In 1923, he began the aquarella and he married with Joséphine Verstille Nivison.

He did several exhibitions of oil on canvas during his life. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]

The Hopper's influence on the cinema

Alfred Hitchcock reconstitued "house by the railroad" for Psychose and he thought to "office at night" for Marnie.

George Stevens, Terrence Malick and Sam mendes inspired too the Hopper's painting.

Nighthawks

This painting tells the history of a man and a woman. There names are John and Mary. They are spies and they are waiting for someone in a bar about confidential documents that someone has to give them. The phone rings, the person gives them an appointment at midnight near at the railway station. The woman asks the barman to call a taxi, five minutes later, John and Mary are getting in the cab. They arrive near the railway station, they're getting inside and find a dead person with the phone in his hand. The confidential documents are nowhere to be found. John and Mary continued their investigation to search confidential documents. John received a phone call from strange person who give them an appointment near of a building in ruin. When they arrived at the appointment, they approached and saw the confidential documents in a lift. They rushed inside and all of a sudden, the doors closed: They were took in the trap...Fortunately, John owned in his hidden pocket, a suiss knife and in less than a minute, he unjamed the door. They were free again ready to continue the adventure and catch the thief.

The summary:

This Film begin towards the end of the tang dynasty, this was a story about a triad which took from the rich to gave somehelp to the poor. The new boss was worse but unknown, the captain Léo and his lieutenant Jin were instructed to stop or eliminate him. Mei, a blind prostitute, was suspected to be the daughter of the former leader. She was the single track possible but she refused to reveal anything. Jin tried to make people believe that  he was a lonely warrior whose the name was Wind and they escaped together to join bandits. They fell in love each other. Over film, the secret of the flying daggers was reveal.

I enjoyed this moovie because the music was soft and pleasant. there were action, love and suspense!

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The summary:

This is a story which begin in a suburb. The sky is faintly lit. I suppose that the scene takes place in the morning. First, we see a block of flats then, a bedroom where a man is asleep. His name is Harold Crick. His wristwatch ring at quarter past seven, the man wakes up and goes to stop the alarm clock. He goes to brush is teeth and gives seventy-six brush strokes. He get dressed next he tie a tie. He wear formal clothes, so I can say, he is fussy and robot-like.

It's probably an accountant because he can do incredible calculations in his mind. He keeps counting: for brush his teeth, for tie a tie, for walk. During this film, Harold Crick hears voices. He speaks at  his toothbrush. In fact, he hears the voice of the narator.

The realisator's name is Marc Forster. You can click here for see him. For more informations, you can click here 

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