American neighbourhood

When you hear the above term, what comes to your mind? I bet a lot of scenes taken out from various American movies you've watched over the years. For me it's either some nearly deserted remote village in the mid-west ("Brokeback Mountain" or Coen Brothers style) or the estate from "Poltergeist", fresh from the factory, like a movie set.


For some reason these sceneries are always nearly empty in me head. Houses but with no or very few people. Like in Hopper's pictures. That must be the reason why I'm so drawn to Gregory Crewdson images. I can't get them out of my head. They're constant point of reference for me.


The alienation in them. The surrealism in everyday location. The mystery. The multiply possible interpretation. Plus very often the twilight or night scenery. I just can't get them out of my head!