A Room with a View - Girl at Sewing Machine

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A Room with a View
Examining the Film through an Art Historian's Lens
Curated by Melissa Martin

Edward Hopper, Girl at Sewing Machine, 1921
"I don't care what I see outside. My vision is within! Here is where the birds sing! Here is where the sky is blue!" - Mr. Emerson Yet again, Mr. Emerson provides dramatic insight while dealing with a delicate situation. His passion and conviction give a reality check to the decorum-obsessed characters in the Edwardian era film. While his peers remain focused on the outward appearance of things (i.e. the view outside a hotel room), Mr. Emerson chooses to develop his own self, his very soul. Perhaps Edward Hopper incorporates this sentiment in his works, especially those like Girl at Sewing Machine. A vast number of Hopper's paintings feature empty rooms in the city with lonely subjects washed in the bright light of a window. In the harsh world of a bustling metropolis, Hopper's characters must turn inwards to preserve their personal oases. Girl at Sewing Machine epitomizes this attitude—that one should rely on their vision within when stuck in the middle of a concrete jungle.

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