Up in the Air Movie Musings
Posted: November 5th, 2009 | Author: John | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Why it’s Reitman’s most personal film so far and why he changed so much from the book.
“Up in the Air” stars George Clooney (Clooney stalker site here) and is directed by Jason Reitman, a director that I like more every day for some reason. Yesterday I re-watched one of his first short films, In God We Trust, and it just reinforced my man-crush. Speaking of which, Jason, would you please upload a cleaner, better resolution version to the interweb? I know you’re busy making movies and Twittering and stuff, but it’s just a well executed short film that should be seen in better quality. Anyway…
I finally watched this interview that Peter Sciretta did with Jason Reitman on the gondola ride in Telluride, CO this past September. Sciretta has Reitman trapped for 15 minutes and he asks some great questions.
At the world premiere, I asked Reitman why he chose to change so much from the novel. (Immediately after my question, which I thought was quite appropriate and interesting, an 11 year old upstaged me by asking Mr. Reitman: “What’s your philosophy… on life?” After an awkward start, Jason fielded that question pretty well – and later encouraged the little girl to keep asking those kinds of questions. Once you get around to seeing this film, which I highly recommend, this is the best interview I’ve found on the web. Here, I see that Reitman answers in more detail than he did to me at that first screening.
Soon after seeing the premiere, I wrote this review of Up in the Air.
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