A bunch of middle school kids interview Juno director Jason Reitman at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. One of the brats asks Reitman where he finds time to call his father (Ivan Reitman) when he needs to know where to put the camera. Another one of the kids follows up with a question asking “Since you really have no chance of winning the Academy Award, was it still fun being nominated?” The look on Reitman’s face is hilarious. I need to find these middle school kids and hire them on to do interviews for /Film… oh yeah, and that sexman guy too…
I’m not sure who set up this interview (Reitman?), or who scripted the questions (Diablo Cody?), but I think it’s great that Jason went along with the whole thing.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
That was awesome!
February 4th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
The SBIFF was awesome this year!
February 5th, 2008 at 5:57 am
No Way!?!? haha thats funny! I was pierced by that look he gave that boy….. I felt the heat from his eyes!!!
February 5th, 2008 at 7:23 am
They Boratted him…
February 5th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Pretty disrespectful imo. If those kids are the future of the press things are not looking very bright…
February 5th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Those kids plus sexman SHOULD be the official interviewers of /FILM!!!!
February 5th, 2008 at 8:53 am
that was pretty funny. however it couldn’t have looked more staged. it looked like everyone was in on the gag and i would be surprised if it didn’t end up on the tonight show.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Haha, that was pretty harsh. Funny though.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am
@fapos: I agree. It looks really staged. Funny, but could have been better.
February 5th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Andrea: It’s called comedy… look it up.
February 5th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
This is pretty funny. I wouldn’t be surprised if either Jason had something to do with setting this up or if it was a practical joke. The kids could have sold it better, though. I would have loved to see some deadpan middle schooler asking these questions… Like Josh Flitter (the kid from License to Wed and Nancy Drew). That would have made it more like the Edgar Wright, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera interview. Funny, nonetheless.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Those kids were awful the whole week. They almost ruined The Band’s Visit for me. I got pissed.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Who ever took this seriously needs to dig pretty deep find their sense of humor. This was hysterical. NOT disrespectful as someone said. They had a blast doing it. So instead of bagging with negativity, laugh with the rest and enjoy the moment from these kids eyes Yes that includes Jason’s too. He was great for instigating it!
Don’t take yourselves so seriously…..really :-)