“Blue Moon”, interview with director Richard Linklater

On the tenth year’s anniversary of "Boyhood", Richard Linklater s back in Berlin to present his new film, "Blue Moon", with his old partner in crime Ethan Hawke. The project, following the night  legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart had to “celebrate” his former collaborator Richard Rodgers for his ground-breaking hit Oklahoma! , had been in Linklater and Hawke’s plans for almost 12 years. Brought to the director’s attention by scriptwriter and collaborator Robert Kaplow, the film draws inspiration from letters written between Hart and a young woman, which Kaplow researched for the script.  In the film Lorenz Hart gives a very interesting advice to a young aspiring director: "Beware of love stories, friendship stories are the ones enduring”. Linklater seems to have followed this advice as "Blue Moon" is both a friendship story and an “artistic” love story.