Collider Interviews | Jason Reitman Talks Saturday Night and Why He Directed the SNL Movie Like A Musical @ColliderInterviews | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Moviegoers look forward to watching films by Jason Reitman, writer and director of thoughtful stories like Juno, Up In the Air, and the last two Ghostbusters films. Reitman offers personal themes and characters in larger-scale cinematic storytelling. He’s managed to bring consistent joy through his pictures, illuminating audiences around the world and even nabbing a handful of Oscar nominations along the way. With a keen eye for choreography and a fresh approach to the biopic, Reitman’s latest film, Saturday Night, will surely make the rounds on the award circuit this year.
Saturday Night is a real-time, narrative recreation of the chaotic premiere of Saturday Night Live in 1975. At the center is young Lorne Michaels (played by The Fabelman’s Gabriel LaBelle) as he excitedly corrals messy writers, a wild studio set, and up-and-coming talent John Belushi (Matt Wood), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), and Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith) among a lively and epically large cast.
Collider’s Steve Weintraub had the pleasure of chatting with Reitman to discuss Saturday Night and how the filmmaker quantifies the film somewhere between an action flick and a full-on musical. He also shared secrets behind juggling a cast of 80 speaking roles, important lessons he culled from his iconic father, and how Saturday Night took subtle inspiration from Point Break.
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Moviegoers look forward to watching films by Jason Reitman, writer and director of thoughtful stories like Juno, Up In the Air, and the last two Ghostbusters films. Reitman offers personal themes and characters in larger-scale cinematic storytelling. He’s managed to bring consistent joy through his pictures, illuminating audiences around the world and even nabbing a handful of Oscar nominations along the way. With a keen eye for choreography and a fresh approach to the biopic, Reitman’s latest film, Saturday Night, will surely make the rounds on the award circuit this year.
Saturday Night is a real-time, narrative recreation of the chaotic premiere of Saturday Night Live in 1975. At the center is young Lorne Michaels (played by The Fabelman’s Gabriel LaBelle) as he excitedly corrals messy writers, a wild studio set, and up-and-coming talent John Belushi (Matt Wood), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), and Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith) among a lively and epically large cast.
Collider’s Steve Weintraub had the pleasure of chatting with Reitman to discuss Saturday Night and how the filmmaker quantifies the film somewhere between an action flick and a full-on musical. He also shared secrets behind juggling a cast of 80 speaking roles, important lessons he culled from his iconic father, and how Saturday Night took subtle inspiration from Point Break.
#snl #jasonreitman #saturdaynight
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