{"id":476,"date":"2010-02-01T10:58:41","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sporks.org\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2010-02-01T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:58:41","slug":"jason-reitman-in-conversation-roger-eberts-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporks.org\/blog\/?p=476","title":{"rendered":"Jason Reitman in conversation – Roger Ebert’s Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jason Reitman in conversation<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\tJason Reitman is not only a gifted director, but a forthright and thoughtful one. After three features (“Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno” and “Up in the Air”), he has achieved, at the age of 34, firm standing on the A List. <\/p>\n

\tHe visited Chicago on Jan. 29 to appear on the Oprah program, and stopped off at my house on his way to the airport. Having only just discovered the video capability of a new camera, I took these videos. They are hand-held, shaky and need editing. But what Reitman says is perceptive and worth sharing.<\/p>\n

\tAlso in the room: My wife Chaz, off camera to the left. Reitman’s wife, the actress Michelle Lee, to his right. Chicago publicist Janet Hillebrand on the sofa in front of the windows. The voice on my MacBook is sometimes heard.<\/p>\n

\tThe sculpture is “Warrior Woman,” which Chaz and found in a London gallery that holds an exhibition called “Not in the Spring Exhibition,” for works not accepted in the annual show of new works by the Royal Academy of Arts. In other words, Refuseniks. Jason and Michelle are standing in front of an abstract by the British expressionist Gillian Ayres. RE<\/i>
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By Dan<\/span> on January 31, 2010 9:26 PM<\/abbr><\/a><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Thanks, Eeb.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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By wendy<\/a><\/span> on January 31, 2010 10:00 PM<\/abbr><\/a><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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These are great, Roger!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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