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Ethan Hawke Praises Francis Ford Coppola’s Self-Funded ‘Megalopolis’ & Teases Performance In Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’: “It’s The Hardest I’ve Ever Worked” — Venice


Ethan Hawke will present Aussie filmmaker Peter Weir with a career achievement award this evening in Venice.

Hawke told the audience in Venice that he arrived at the festival after completing production on Blue Moon, his latest collaboration with filmmaker Richard Linklater. This evening following Weir’s career achievement ceremony, Venice will debut The Room Net Door, the latest film from legendary Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Hawke worked with Almodóvar on the short western project Strange Way of Life and he described the filmmaker as one of the “unique voices” he’s experienced.

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