“Behind the Curtain: Jason Reitman’s Masterful Dance Between Reality and Imagination in ‘Saturday Night'”
The heart of the film led the way: the chaos of trying something new—something live where mistakes will be seen and remembered. The excitement of comedy and performance. And of course, the hindsight of knowing that they would pull off the launch of a show that would become a keystone in the American pop culture zeitgeist. These were the guiding lights that allowed a screenplay to pour out of Reitman and Kenan in three days.
‘Saturday Night’ (2024)
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If your biopic strays too far from the truth, audiences may feel deceived and frustrated. That said, it is the writer’s job to determine how to portray the humans in their story—with kindness, disapproval, or sympathy?
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