Vad tycker ni om honom som regissör och hans filmer? Han kändes lovande i och med Juno, TYfS, och Up in the Air men verkar ha tappat det på sistone. Hans senare alster har inte alls varit lika intressanta eller hållit samma kvalitet.
Anekdoten:
Jag var inne på hans IMDb-sida och hittade en intressant tråd där TS hävdar att Jason Reitman är en "big jerk" och utförligt förklarar varför. Reitman verkar sedan ha läst tråden och går ut och försvarar sig IRL. Historien är sann, men Reitman ger sin tolkning av situationen. Nedan följer TS och Reitmans försvar. Kul också att historien cirkulerar kring den svenska filmen Låt den rätte komma in.
TS: "Big Jerk"
Reitmans försvar:
Anekdoten:
Jag var inne på hans IMDb-sida och hittade en intressant tråd där TS hävdar att Jason Reitman är en "big jerk" och utförligt förklarar varför. Reitman verkar sedan ha läst tråden och går ut och försvarar sig IRL. Historien är sann, men Reitman ger sin tolkning av situationen. Nedan följer TS och Reitmans försvar. Kul också att historien cirkulerar kring den svenska filmen Låt den rätte komma in.
TS: "Big Jerk"
Citat:
A few days ago...Sunday I believe, my boyfriend, who works at a small movie theater in Ann Arbor, told me that Jason Reitman and some friend of his showed up thinking they were going to see Let the Right one In. Apparently they had the times screwed up, and it wouldn't be showing until later that evening. Reitman proceeds to bitch in such a way that it was the theater's fault for not having it showing when HE wanted to see it.
He demands to speak to the manager. Then he pulls the "do you know who I am?" card and asks the theater to screen his choice film in a half hour. They argue with him that customers have already purchased tickets to the next show, and they can't just play Let the Right One In. Reitman doesn't care and demands that the manager call whoever he needs to call to show the movie. He then starts saying such a**hole crap as "well, I made Thank You for Smoking and Juno, and those probably made you a lot of money, so you can do this for me. His reason for not wanting to wait until the evening? He would miss his Oscar party. OH DEAR!
So after some talks with higher ups at the theater, they decide to screen it for Reitman and his buddy at the smaller theater down the street. Once he gets there, he doesn't like the theater and makes his displeasure known.
All I can think is, wow. Wow. What a spoiled, entitled little brat.
He demands to speak to the manager. Then he pulls the "do you know who I am?" card and asks the theater to screen his choice film in a half hour. They argue with him that customers have already purchased tickets to the next show, and they can't just play Let the Right One In. Reitman doesn't care and demands that the manager call whoever he needs to call to show the movie. He then starts saying such a**hole crap as "well, I made Thank You for Smoking and Juno, and those probably made you a lot of money, so you can do this for me. His reason for not wanting to wait until the evening? He would miss his Oscar party. OH DEAR!
So after some talks with higher ups at the theater, they decide to screen it for Reitman and his buddy at the smaller theater down the street. Once he gets there, he doesn't like the theater and makes his displeasure known.
All I can think is, wow. Wow. What a spoiled, entitled little brat.
Reitmans försvar:
Citat:
Ha, Jason discussed this very message board on a Slashfilmcast on December 10, 2009.
You can listen to the whole thing here:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/11/...n-reitman-dire ctor-of-juno-and-up-in-the-air-the-filmcast-after-dark-ep-79/
He was addressing fan questions straight from the live chatroom. It's at 1:37:03, since I don't expect many people to listen to the whole thing, I will transcribe it word for word.
Reading the question straight from the chatroom to himself:
"Did you see Let The Right One In?
Uh, Yes, in fact, I saw Let The Right One In in Detroit and it got written up on IMDb. This is another internet story about why I'm an a$$hole, umm, that I'd like to address now. This is good, I'm getting an opportunity to explain various stories that have happened. So I was in Detroit, and it was the day before the first day of shooting on Up in the Air and my first AD (Ed. note, Assistant Director) said, 'hey do you want to go see Let The Right One In? It's playing at 4 o'clock in this theater down in Ann Arbor.' And I thought, 'yeah that sounds like a lot of fun, I've heard this movie is amazing, let's go.' So we drive down to Ann Arbor, which is a bit of a drive. And we get to this theater that I actually did a Q and A at once for Juno, and I go in and get a ticket for a movie and find out the movie is not playing at 4 o'clock, it's playing later that night at a time when we were supposed to have some kind of like meeting before the first day of shooting. And I said to them, 'look, is there any way you could just run the movie earlier for us?' and they're like 'oh, I don't know' and I was like, "you know, I'll pay for the theater, I'll pay for whatever you need, I just would love to see this film, and the second we start shooting this movie I'm never going to be able to see it. It's an indie movie, it's not playing in many theaters, and I'd love to see it on the big screen.' And they called the owner of the movie, and I got on the phone with him, and he actually thanked me for how well Juno had played in his theater, and he said 'yeah!' and they ran a screening of Let The Right One In for my first AD and I, and like a lot the people who worked at the theater came in to watch it with us, it was a lot of fun. And then someone wrote online that like I went into the movie theater and demanded they show me the movie, it was just a little bit unfair."
You can listen to the whole thing here:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/11/...n-reitman-dire ctor-of-juno-and-up-in-the-air-the-filmcast-after-dark-ep-79/
He was addressing fan questions straight from the live chatroom. It's at 1:37:03, since I don't expect many people to listen to the whole thing, I will transcribe it word for word.
Reading the question straight from the chatroom to himself:
"Did you see Let The Right One In?
Uh, Yes, in fact, I saw Let The Right One In in Detroit and it got written up on IMDb. This is another internet story about why I'm an a$$hole, umm, that I'd like to address now. This is good, I'm getting an opportunity to explain various stories that have happened. So I was in Detroit, and it was the day before the first day of shooting on Up in the Air and my first AD (Ed. note, Assistant Director) said, 'hey do you want to go see Let The Right One In? It's playing at 4 o'clock in this theater down in Ann Arbor.' And I thought, 'yeah that sounds like a lot of fun, I've heard this movie is amazing, let's go.' So we drive down to Ann Arbor, which is a bit of a drive. And we get to this theater that I actually did a Q and A at once for Juno, and I go in and get a ticket for a movie and find out the movie is not playing at 4 o'clock, it's playing later that night at a time when we were supposed to have some kind of like meeting before the first day of shooting. And I said to them, 'look, is there any way you could just run the movie earlier for us?' and they're like 'oh, I don't know' and I was like, "you know, I'll pay for the theater, I'll pay for whatever you need, I just would love to see this film, and the second we start shooting this movie I'm never going to be able to see it. It's an indie movie, it's not playing in many theaters, and I'd love to see it on the big screen.' And they called the owner of the movie, and I got on the phone with him, and he actually thanked me for how well Juno had played in his theater, and he said 'yeah!' and they ran a screening of Let The Right One In for my first AD and I, and like a lot the people who worked at the theater came in to watch it with us, it was a lot of fun. And then someone wrote online that like I went into the movie theater and demanded they show me the movie, it was just a little bit unfair."
