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Ethan Hawke Tells Young People to Watch Old Movies: ‘It’s on Your Damn Phone, Watch It!’

Ethan Hawke hopes he doesn't sound old, but he thinks young filmmakers should watch more old movies. "Criterion Channel is right there!"

Hawke is particularly shocked by the lack of film education in young directors, specifically around the greats, like German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder known for Love Is Colder Than Death(1969) and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant(1972). “But there’s so much excellence in the past, so many of these thoughts of what we’re all going through emotionally and what we’re looking for — authenticity in our lives and healing — all these common threads of humanity people have been talking about for centuries. He names the characters played by Nicholson, Beatty and Keaton: Eugene O’Neill, John Reed, Louise Bryant.

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