""It's two great moments in art history," Linklater said. " Nouvelle Vague is about the beginning of something in '59 Paris, the heart of the New Wave, with a cinematic revolution going on. Then on Broadway in '43, you have the opening night of Oklahoma!, which is, in a different way, a musical-theater revolution. But it's seen through the eyes of a guy being left behind.""
"Taken together, the two films complement each other by showing both the excitement of groundbreaking artistic achievements and the desperation of the artists who are promptly forgotten about in the works' wake. Audiences will get to see the double feature for themselves in late October: Blue Moon debuts in theaters on October 24, and Nouvelle Vague will stream on Netflix beginning October 31."
"Any director showing their movie at New York Film Festival has reason to be excited, but the Before trilogy director, Richard Linklater, gets to double that thrill this year. His film is premiering at NYFF, showing audiences an Ethan Hawke-starring drama following composer Lorenz Hart as he watches from the sidelines while his former writing partner Richard Rodgers's Oklahoma! changes musical theater. And it's joined by another Linklater film, Nouvelle Vague, which is about French director Jean-Luc Godard as he directs his landmark film, Breathless."
Richard Linklater has two films showing at the New York Film Festival: Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague. Blue Moon follows composer Lorenz Hart, played by Ethan Hawke, as he watches Richard Rodgers's Oklahoma! transform musical theater while he remains sidelined. Nouvelle Vague portrays Jean-Luc Godard directing Breathless amid the 1959 Paris New Wave. Linklater characterizes the films as two pivotal artistic moments—one portraying beginnings and joy, the other portraying endings and poignancy. The films together contrast the exhilaration of artistic revolutions with the desperation of artists who are soon forgotten. Blue Moon opens October 24; Nouvelle Vague streams October 31.
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