Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’ Lights Up Berlin as Crowd Goes Wild for Ethan Hawke’s Unrecognizable Transformation Into Lorenz Hart
variety.comAlex Ritman Ethan Hawke‘s transformative turn in “Blue Moon” — the actor’s first film in a decade with long-time collaborator Richard Linklater — just brought the house down in Berlin.
The audience at the Berlinale world premiere were hugely positive for the biographical musical drama, telling the story of American lyricist Lorenz Hart (Hawke) as he battles alcoholism and depression on the opening night of “Oklahoma!,” the first musical penned by between his former creative partner Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
Following the screening, cheers erupted around the Palast for Linklater and his cast — the loudest for his “Before” trilogy and “Boyhood” star, who was dressed in a checkered suit and large multicolored tie.
As Hart, Hawke is in practically every frame of “Blue Moon” and is almost unrecognizable on screen — especially concerning his height (the lyricist was only 5 feet tall).
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