The windows of the shops and apartments are empty and dark. The only remnants of human activity outside the diner are a cash register in a shop window and a cigar advertisement above the glass pane. There is no clock in the restaurant, but the empty coffee tureens on the back counter betray the indecent hour of night. This is a world shut down. Because our characters are awake, they are alienated - not only from each other, but also from civilization itself.
Christine Zapella(on Edward Hopper's Nighthawks)
Smarthistory.org
2015
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Vector Hugo/Hopper's Nighthawks
https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/nighthawks-sa/
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