This week, writer/director Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, Juno, Up in the Air) joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about growing up on a movie set, his brief stint writing for Saturday Night Live, and the joys of directing George Clooney. Reitman also reveals what his father, the late director Ivan Reitman, taught him about storytelling and making movies. During the Super 8, Jason surprises Ben with the movie props in his enviable collection.
Films Mentioned:
- Meatballs
- Stripes
- Ghostbusters
- Dave
- Thank You For Smoking
- Juno
- Inglourious Basterds
- Animal House
- Up in the Air*
- Saturday Night
- The Front Runner
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- The Fabelmans
- Westworld
- Jurassic Park*
- Twins
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Back to the Future
- Jaws
- The Godfather
- Election
- Dr. Strangelove
- Harold and Maude
- Shampoo
- Carnal Knowledge
- The Graduate
- Taxi Driver
- The Conversation
- Run Lola Run
- The Blair Witch Project
- Sexy Beast
- American Psycho
- Wet Hot American Summer
- Pulp Fiction
- Dazed and Confused
- Slacker*
- Bad News Bears
- Boyhood
- A Scanner Darkly
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- Field of Dreams
- Stand by Me
- Breaking Away
- Little Miss Sunshine
- 24 Hour Party People
- Casablanca*
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Magnolia
- Boogie Nights
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Singin' in the Rain*
*Available on Max as of 12/10 (Availability of titles subject to change)
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