Ethan Hawke on
Blaze 2018
Hawke's film on outlaw-country songwriter Blaze Foley, told non-linearly through Sybil Rosen's point of view. First-timer Ben Dickey won Best Actor at Sundance; Charlie Sexton plays Townes Van Zandt.
The Big Picture · Interview
Ethan Hawke Will 'Blaze' a Trail as a Director, Too
September 21, 2018/ 44 min/ Sean Fennessey
Ethan Hawke talks with Sean Fennessey about directing Blaze, his career as an actor, and the superhero-movie comments that made the rounds.
19 films across 1 segment.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Ethan Hawke in conversation
Ethan Hawke on
First Reformed 2018
The Paul Schrader film Hawke shot right after Blaze; he says he wants it to be Oscar-nominated because the work deserves it, not for his career.
Ethan Hawke on
Chelsea Walls 2001
Hawke's first film as director, at 29, with Natasha Richardson and Kris Kristofferson. He calls his approach then 'enfant terrible.'
Ethan Hawke on
Dead Poets Society 1989
The Peter Weir film that 'did a number' on him: his own formative first-film experience, which he cites as parallel to what he put Dickey through.
Ethan Hawke on
Boyhood 2014
The Linklater film he expected to be a Waking Life-style cult item; being big enough to draw a backlash meant they'd 'really made it.'
Ethan Hawke on
Before Sunset 2004
Fennessey names it as a career turning point, an unlikely sequel Hawke co-wrote.
Ethan Hawke on
Reality Bites 1994
A woman at a Blaze Q&A kept asking about it instead; the movie clearly meant a lot to her, and he loved that.
Ethan Hawke on
Dazed and Confused 1993
His counter-example on awards: not a lesser film for never being nominated.
Ethan Hawke on
Sinister 2012
Same: a moment in it that moved someone, proof the little things matter.
Ethan Hawke on
Waking Life 2001
His yardstick for a geeky-fans cult movie he loved, against which Boyhood's reach surprised him.
Ethan Hawke on
The Doors 1991
His example of the standard music biopic: great, but you already know all the songs, a 'reheated meal,' unlike Blaze's largely unheard catalog.
Ethan Hawke on
Opening Night 1977
Cassavetes; Gena Rowlands at a retrospective warned the crowd not to over-glamorize how hard his career actually was: the seed of Hawke's 'artist met with indifference' idea.
Ethan Hawke on
Milk 2008
Sean Penn as an example of imagination so total it fills the room, the shamanistic acting Hawke wanted from Dickey.
Ethan Hawke on
Logan 2017
One of his favorite superhero movies; he singled it out as 'unassailable' when clarifying his comic-book comments.
Ethan Hawke on
Doctor Strange 2016
Another favorite he named; his point was economic, not disrespect: the form soaks up huge artistic energy.
Ethan Hawke on
The Dark Knight 2008
Also on his favorites list; he loves talking about these movies and has seen every one.
Ethan Hawke on
Badlands 1973
Programmed as a double feature with Blaze in Nashville; Sissy Spacek and the way acting, writing, directing, photography and music 'come together to punch you in the face.'
Ethan Hawke on
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins 1968
His pick for the last great thing he's seen: Les Blank's hypnotic, 'sexiest movie,' shown alongside Badlands.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Hypothetical big-break roles Les MisérablesCats
In the outro True RomanceFahrenheit 11/9Rounders
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