#3 - JASON REITMAN

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, watch on! #jasonreitman #saturdaynightmovie #ghostbusters Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the channel so as not to miss any of Billy & Ahmed's interviews! *Note: This interview was recorded on July 27th 2024. Full Episodes: / @halfthepicturepodcast Listen to the podcast online... APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7btEvvp... Follow us online! Half the Picture Instagram: / halfthepicpod Billy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billybarnel... Billy on Twitter: https://x.com/billybarnell?s=21&t=3QY... Ahmed on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrahmedoali?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonreitman?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 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 27:55 - Favourite Scenes 29:44 - Adapting 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 - Using Letterboxd 01:02:20 - Saturday Night 01:05:08 - J.K. Simmons & producing Whiplash 01:06:56 - Outro 'JASON REITMAN talks Juno, Ghostbusters & Saturday Night' is a non-profit project intended for educational purposes only. No copyright laws were intended to be broken. All rights to any material used remain courtesy of their respective owners.