'Good Kill' Cast Ethan Hawke, January Jones And Zoe Kravitz Talk About Film's Approach To Drone War

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‘Good Kill’ Cast Ethan Hawke, January Jones And Zoe Kravitz Talk About Film’s Approach To Drone War
By Monica Castillo on April 21 2015 1:39 PM EDT

The Tribeca Film Festival red carpet premiere of “Good Kill” carried a much more somber tone than the romantic comedies and star-studded dramas that preceded it. Ethan Hawke, January Jones and Zoe Kravitz each spoke about the difficulties of the movie’s serious message on drone warfare.

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“The advancements in drone technology have been amazing in the last few years," Hawke explained. "It’s an instrument in the tool box for the U.S. military. But no one’s really been asked to do this before, this remote controlled assassination. The human psyche has never dealt with that before.”

Hawke also feels a sense of responsibility to make movies like “Good Kill.” “I feel the job of the artistic community is to tell stories and start conversations,” he said. “The military has a real clear job of what they have to do. Part of our jobs as citizens is to pay attention to what we’re asking our children to do, what we’re asking our brothers and sisters to do. Most of us learn about war through books and movies, most of us don’t do it." Hawke continued, "There’s a certain obligation to the artistic community to tell these stories.”

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Co-star Zoe Kravitz (the upcoming “Dope”) fits the bill as Tom’s co-pilot in “Good Kill” and said the premise sounded like science fiction to her at first. “I felt like if I didn’t know about (the drone program), there’s definitely other people who don’t know a lot about it.”

“Good Kill” has a few more screenings left at the Tribeca Film Festival, which runs through April 26.

"Good Kill" opens in theaters May 15.

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1. Oy.

i guess "American Sniper" was not enough.