“Blue Moon”, interview with actor Ethan Hawke

February 21, 2025

Ethan Hawke: “My favorite line in Blue Moon is Beware of romance, friendship is what endures”

“Blue Moon”, interview with actor Ethan Hawke Chiara Nicoletti

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After presenting “Boyhood” at the Berlinale in 2014 with Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke is back in Berlin to present their new collaboration “Blue Moon”.

Narrating one night in the life of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart, the project had been in Linklater and Hawke’s plans for almost 12 years but they had to wait until Ethan Hawke could be and look old enough to play the artist.

As he leads the whole film, talking for 100 minutes without a pause, Ethan Hawke explains that it all came from rehearsing a lot.

In the film Lorenz Hart gives a very interesting advice to a young aspiring writer and director (who will turn out to be George Hill): “Beware of romance, friendship is what endures.”

Ethan Hawke admits that is his favorite line as it fully represents the joy of sharing this film and the experience at the Berlinale with his long time friend Richard Linklater.

Plot

..You know how in marriage they say “for better or for worse”? I think, in terms of my life, I have entered the “for worse” part, and it happened so quietly I didn’t even recognize it.
Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner’s hit show Oklahoma!
By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.

Written by: Chiara Nicoletti

Guest

Ethan Hawke