The session was long and partly in Italian.
Hawkes answers were lengthy and he covered many subjects in contemporary cinema.
One of the topics discussed was the idea of passion projects and how to make them happen.
Ethan Hawke.Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images.
At that point, Hawke shared his opinion on Francis Ford Coppolas $120 million self-fundedMegalopolis.
I think thats amazing, Hawke said ofMegalopolis.
Greed runs our universe.
If you say you just wanna make money everyone understands what youre going for.
I love it when people keep the great dream alive of making something magnificent.
And its very hard because the whole industry that runs movie-making is designed to make money.
The film is set primarily in Sardis Restaurant on March 31, 1943.
Hawke said the project is the hardest Ive ever worked in my life.
Richard is such a strange person.
He sent me this script 12 years ago, Hawke explained of the projects origins.
I read it and called him up and said lets do it.
He said cool lets make it but we have to wait a while.
He said youre still too attractive.
One year, he saw me on a TV interview with Jimmy Fallon.
He called me and said Lets makeBlue Moonwere ready.
The film is Almodovars first English-language effort and stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.
Were so lucky to have a new Pedro film premiering tonight.
Ive never met anyone like him, Hawke said.
Thats one of the fun things about this profession.
Theres not one way to make a movie.
Its based on the person.
Almodovar, he continued, is such a unique voice.
The way the camera moves is different.
The shade of green in the shot, it all matters in an Almodovar film, Hawke said.
I was honored to even be a short film by him.
