Ethan Hawke Directs Blaze Foley Film 'Blaze' Starring Alia Shakwat & Ben Dickey | Sundance 2018 - video Dailymotion

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Charlie Sexton and Josh Hamilton also star.

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00:00So what's your movie about, bro?

00:02Can I have a hit of that, dude?

00:04Yeah, thanks, dude.

00:06So what is it?

00:07Have you seen Jaws?

00:08No, it's about this dude, Blaise Foley.

00:10He's a great singer.

00:11He's kind of the guy that Willie Nelson was pretending to be.

00:14Garth Brooks-ish?

00:16No, not like Garth Brooks.

00:17Oh.

00:18Is this your first time skiing?

00:19No.

00:20I don't even know what I'm doing here.

00:23Later, dude.

00:24Cool.

00:25That's it?

00:26It was good.

00:27Yeah.

00:28Okay.

00:29Woo!

00:30Victory too sweet.

00:36People who write and create art at a very high level without any of the superficial accoutrements

00:43of success, right?

00:45I've always been moved by that.

00:47And Blaise Foley, to me in a lot of ways, is a saint of that personality.

00:53And the idea started to coalesce in my brain about how maybe we might have something to

00:57say about this subject matter.

00:59Because I'm not really interested in a biopic.

01:02People keep calling it that.

01:04But the high watermark of the kind of movie we're trying to make is Raging Bull.

01:09Raging Bull is not a biopic of Jake LaMotta.

01:11You don't need to know who Jake LaMotta is.

01:14Those filmmakers are using the story of Jake LaMotta to affect you or make that story relevant

01:20to your life.

01:21And that's what we're trying to do.

01:22Ben, we start with you.

01:23What did you feel was going to be the biggest challenge?

01:26Acting.

01:27You know, when Ethan was like, this is what we're going to do.

01:34I think you could do it.

01:35I kept telling myself, well, I can bring the music to the table pretty good.

01:38I know I can do that.

01:39And if I just really blow it otherwise, I'm like, but I play the guitar pretty good.

01:44And for the rest of you, I'd love to hear about Ethan as a director.

01:48You know, not to sound cheesy, but we really had a connection to, like, luck was on our side.

01:53Everything was kind of falling in place, and that, you know, Ethan was very aware of that.

01:58And so he brought that kind of, like, outside magic into it, where it really felt like everything

02:02we were doing was meant to be.

02:03This ensemble that he put together, and our friend Rick Linklater said it perfectly.

02:08He goes, you kind of want to, like, host the movie.

02:10It's like a dinner.

02:11And then you go to that dinner.

02:12Sometimes you go to dinner and you're like, well, I can't wait to get out here.

02:14I really hate fondue.

02:16You know?

02:17This is, this, you sat at this table and everyone's coming from a different place.

02:21I've known Ethan for about 67 years.

02:23That sounds about right.

02:25We've just gone, done a lot of stuff together.

02:27And I didn't realize how, you know, why actors like to work with directors over and over again.

02:32Because the comfort level that comes with really knowing someone when they know you is invaluable.

02:36I didn't realize how tense I was on most movies until I was directed by Ethan.

02:40And he's, like, the ultimate cheerleader and everyone.

02:43That look in the skirt, dude.

02:45Yeah, yeah.

02:46I mean, with the pom-poms.

02:47Yeah.

02:48As sort of as a matter of fact.

02:49That looks like it's all voices.

02:50It does not allow each other to put because it, cause it's all...

02:51Yeah.

02:52So..

02:53Yeah.

02:54Go girl girl.

02:55Go girl.

02:56Go around.

02:56Go girl.

02:57Go for..

02:58Go be.

02:59Go.

03:00Go to theomp far.

03:01Yeah.

03:02Go.

03:03ilerüp快 experiencing and outside.

03:04Mouse兄.

03:05Oh.

03:06Go, go, go, go.

03:07Go, go.

03:08Go, go.

03:09Go, go.

03:10Go.

03:11Go, go toوق, go!

03:12Go.

03:13Go.

03:13Go, go, go.

03:14Go, go.

03:15Get out.

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