BLUE MOON: How “I Love You, Just Not That Way” Ruins a Life

“Blue Moon ... you saw me standing alone.” Those are Lorenzo Hart’s lyrics and Lorenzo Hart himself, in Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon. Sure, he longs for love. And, he never gives up wanting it. Elizabeth is his latest hope. But as hard as he tries, love never works out. So, he drowns out his sorrows by downing one shot after another … He sees no other way out of: “I love you, just not that way.”