US EditionIn ‘Blue Moon,’ Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke’s portrait of an artist
Set on the 1943 opening night of Oklahoma!, the film portrays Lorenz Hart’s struggles with identity and career decline, featuring Ethan Hawke in a critically praised role.
- This fall, director Richard Linklater released two films about artists, with Blue Moon opening in select theaters Friday and Nouvelle Vague due Oct. 31.
- Linklater said Robert Kaplow's script for Blue Moon drew on real Hart–Weiland correspondence, reflecting over a decade of discussion and his interest in `artistic breakup` stories.
- Set in one night at Sardi's, New York restaurant on March 31, 1943, Blue Moon portrays Lorenz Hart, lyricist, as a gay, Jewish alcoholic infatuated with Elizabeth Weiland, character played by Margaret Qualley.
- Ethan Hawke credited a major transformation in the film, and critics called Blue Moon one of the year’s most delightful movies, awarding it three and a half stars.
- This year, Linklater's work highlights the poignancy and complexity of artistic careers, reflecting his prodigious talent and over 30 years collaborating with Ethan Hawke.
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The True Story Behind Blue Moon and Broadway Lyricist Lorenz Hart
For the director Richard Linklater, the tone of his new film Blue Moon, about the lyricist Lorenz Hart, was obvious from the jump. “It’s like, well, perhaps a Rodgers and Hart song,” he says in a video call not long before the movie’s Oct. 17 limited release. “Kind of beautiful and super sad and forlorn and all those things too. A catchy tune where you’re devastated by the end.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Blue Moon chronicles a quietly tr…
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In ‘Blue Moon,’ Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke’s portrait of an artist
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