“The story is a howl into the night”: actor Ethan Hawke on his latest project, Blue Moon.

Director Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon explores the life of lyricist Lorenz Hart, tracing the collapse of his legendary partnership with Richard Rodgers on the opening night of Oklahoma!. Set largely inside a Manhattan restaurant, the film captures Hart’s unraveling, with Ethan Hawke delivering a career-defining, Golden Globe–nominated performance. Hawke joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss how he reckoned with playing such a complicated character.