• JASON REITMAN In Conversation: from 'Juno' to 'Saturday Night'

  • Oct 11 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
  • Podcast

JASON REITMAN In Conversation: from 'Juno' to 'Saturday Night'

  • Summary

  • Half the Picture's third guest is Jason Reitman, director of such modern classics as Juno, Up in the Air and his latest, Saturday Night: a visceral portrait of the 90 minutes leading up to the birth of the classic late-night comedy show!

    Jason joined us to chat the length and breadth of his career, ranging from his exuberant debut ‘Thank You for Smoking’, to the life-changing impact of making ‘Juno’, up through the deeply personal journey he undertook making ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ with his father Ivan to working with the iconic J.K. Simmons and exec-producing Damien Chazelle's ‘Whiplash!'

    For all this and more, listen on! #jasonreitman #saturdaynightmovie #ghostbusters

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    Timecodes:

    0:00 - Intro

    00:44 - Thank You for Smoking

    04:57 - Directing is reacting

    06:07 - Improvisation on set

    10:30 - Young Adult

    12:31 - Diablo Cody

    13:37 - Up in the Air

    16:08 - Flawed Protagonists

    17:24 - Juno

    25:01 - Tully

    27:05 - Favourite Scenes

    29:44 - Adapating novels to screen

    31:53 - Discovering young stars

    34:52 - Adam Sandler

    38:45 - Maker's Mark in Diablo Cody scripts

    40:09 - Eric Steelberg D.O.P.

    43:59 - The Front Runner & confident directing

    46:36 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    48:51 - Growing as a filmmaker

    51:32 - Jason's favourite directors

    55:18 - Exciting upcoming movies

    57:10 - Invisible directing

    01:00:31 - Letterboxd

    01:02:20 - Saturday Night

    01:05:08 - J.K. Simmons & producing Whiplash

    01:06:56 - Outro

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