Wahoo_Man35

Blue Moon

To quote the movie, "I definitely didn't get it."

breakfastcowl

Blue Moon

A one night movie that could've run out the remainder of its night and I wouldn't have minded. The little movie-goer heart meter floating above my head just going up and up and up with each passing hour of deteriorating life.

Nxomi???

Blue Moon

“I feel… superannuated.” There is something profoundly sad about Blue Moon, but not an explosive kind of sadness, rather one that drags itself through the voice, through uncomfortable silences and gestures that no one quite notices. Richard Linklater constructs a film that does not seek to explain Lorenz Hart, but to lock him in with us for a single night, forcing us to coexist with his discomfort. Ethan Hawke delivers a performance sustained almost entirely through the body. Every verbal and physical gesture conveys a strange mix of sorrow, irony, hope, and melancholy. Hart is a brilliant man who no longer belongs to the world he helped create, someone who talks too much in order not to say what truly hurts him. There are moments when he inspires pity, others when he is frankly uncomfortable to watch, and a few in which he lets slip a hope so faint that it hurts more than its absence. The staging feels intimate despite being surrounded by people. The bar is full, the music exists, but there is a very clear division between Hart’s presence and the social space around him. Physically there, but emotionally isolated, watching the world continue to move forward without him. Linklater uses this space to reinforce the idea that Hart no longer fits in, not because he lacks talent, but because time decided to leave him behind. At no point is Hart’s talent questioned. He has it. He is a man who once had the spotlight on him, but who now, dragged down by alcoholism and depression, has ceased to be part of the main cast. The film does not idealize the figure of the broken artist. Hart is presented as someone difficult to tolerate, full of resentment, insecurities, and a pride that no longer has anywhere to stand. And even so, it is impossible not to feel a certain empathy for him. Not because he is good, but because he is human. It is true that Blue Moon can feel excessively theatrical. The pacing is slow, dialogue dominates the narrative, and the film demands patience. There are no major twists or evident catharses. For some, this may feel monotonous; for me, it is precisely what gives it coherence. This is not a story about ascent or downfall, but about the exact moment when someone realizes they fell a long time ago. Hence the theatricality that Hart himself embodies to narrate his experiences, thoughts, and ideas, seeking only to be heard one last time, even if only on the merits of the past. And that is what makes Blue Moon hurt so much.

mathgod_aarav

Blue Moon

Linklater’s dialogue driven film is back and as someone who very much enjoyed the Before Trilogy, I had a great time with this. Ethan Hawke is wonderful and even if this is a biopic and it takes place in this one bar, there is so much passion and heart to what he gives and especially with what is script is saying.  Heartbreaking thanks Linklater