
As a film buff, I always love hearing about the inspirations behind movies, and Richard Linklater really nailed it when talking about these two. He described them as two incredible moments in art history. He explained that Nouvelle Vague is all about the start of something special – 1959 Paris, right in the center of the New Wave, with a total cinematic revolution happening. Then, completely different, you’ve got the 1943 Broadway opening night of Oklahoma!, which was, in its own way, a revolution in musical theater. But this story is told from the perspective of someone feeling left behind. Though both films deal with artistic beginnings, their overall *feel* is miles apart. Nouvelle Vague is just pure joy, while Blue Moon is almost painfully sad. As Linklater put it, “One’s a beginning and one’s an end.” And he’s right – beginnings are fun, but endings? They really hit you in the feels.