“Behind the Curtain: Jason Reitman’s Masterful Dance Between Reality and Imagination in ‘Saturday Night'”
This is often the trick of creating a biopic—primary source material is subjective. Sure, you may have the facts (the airdate was Oct. 11, the host was George Carlin, the musical guests were Billy Preston & Janis Ian), but to find a compelling story there, one that people will want to watch for 1 hour and 49 minutes, that is where the artistry of screenwriting comes in.
“Between all of them, we found a truth, the truth of what it felt like to be there, what it felt like when this generation of talent in their early 20s ripped television out of the hands of the last generation, and what it felt like to make something that had never been done before,” Reitman said of the heart of his story.
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