Talking to the director about how it was made, I came to think that it represents a sort of aesthetic (and generally non-theoretical) anti-capitalism; the result is one of the only films so far about the Great Recession. (Jeff St. Clair compares it to the work of Preston Sturges.) It also has two brilliant actors, from whom director Jason Reitman elicits amazing performances. And he really wrote the thing, too.
You're quite welcome. Have a good vacation, CGE
On 4/22/10 8:49 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
> At 09:41 PM 4/22/2010, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> --Up in the Air (I do have an interest)
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> oh! I saw that recently. I totally dug the part where he gets upended
> when the roles are reversed. She answers the door at home and, boy, was
> he in for a big surprise. It was a change of pace from the typical,
> "dude realizes he has no life" story line.
>
> What did you enjoy about it?
>
> thanks for the recommends!
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> shag
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