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Bunsy
11/10/09

In reply to Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism
Saw it at NYC screening with Jason, his dad and the two actresses... really great movie and yes, if you are a road warrior (or like to fire people), you are going to love it.

(Someone asked his dad about Ghostbusters3, but that was about it. He was very much the proud papa.)

Clooney has never been more likeable. #jasonreitman
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Trixie from Toronto
11/10/09

In reply to Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism
I love Jason Reitman, but this is kind of stupid. Journalists are generally allotted about 15 minutes of time with someone of his fame. I can't imagine asking the George Clooney question, but in that short period of time, you do try to get something topical and newsy out of your subject, so of course there might be versions of the same question in many interviews.

At least no one asked him what kind of tree he would be, although I do wonder what he'd LIKE to be asked that he's never been asked. #jasonreitman
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snugbug
11/10/09

@Trixie from Toronto: I would have asked him what sort of subtle artistic satisfaction he derived from directing commercials for Wal-Mart. He sounds like he was bored enough to appreciate some in-your-grille questions.. #jasonreitman
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PaisleyPajamas
11/10/09

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Up In The Air is a thoroughly enjoyable movie. Reitman really took a risk with the subject matter and it plays well. If you've ever worked in the travel industry or you despise corporate culture, you are gonna LOVE IT. #jasonreitman
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bess marvin, girl detective
11/10/09

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this is why i hate it when people say "oh that's what comes with being a director?" why do press junkets have to be so stupid? up in the air by all accounts isn't a stupid movie, so why are they asking dumb questions?

directors/actors making horrible art like transformers and g.i. joe deserve the asinine questions because they insist on shitting on the intelligence of millions.

there should just be one press conference where thirty questions are chosen from all the media for the stars to answer. and then that is broadcast everywhere. #jasonreitman
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snugbug
11/10/09

@bess marvin, girl detective: Film junkets are usually staged so the director/stars can face the Z-tier bloggers and student papers. The whole dynamic is brutal. Imagine 30 people shouting over each other to get in a question edge-wise.. Whoever shouts louder and asks the most absurd question, prevails. (It's also not uncommon to witness some junketeers whip out their autograph books at the end..)

Respectable outlets usually get one-on-one time with the sources, which is in theory more conducive to actual dialogue. Although if the PR hawks are in attendance, it's probably still an absurd dance.
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DavidWatts
11/10/09

@snugbug: i believe you have a "junket" confused with a "press conference." A junket usually entails the star/director and his handlers holing up in a room at a Hilton somewhere, while every outlet known to man comes in, one at a time, for their 5 - 15 minutes with the famous.

It's definitely still an absurd dance, though. Points on that, for sure. #jasonreitman
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snugbug
11/10/09

@DavidWatts: I think you're right. I should have made the following distinction: There are dual levels of junketeering. The "important" journos get one-on-one time during the "press day" at the Four Seasons, etc., but then there's a fuck-for-all hollering cattle call for the lowlier outlets.

I just distinctly remember participating in some of these cattle-call junkets for my school paper, and it was.. traumatic.

Then! There are the so-called hybrid-junkets, where the studio or whatever hosts a cocktail party at the Bel Air Hotel, and a select number of media outlets are invited and gorge on Chardonnay and hob-nob cordially, ie, in a non-structured environment, with the principals. Those ones are not as brutal because everyone gets a bit tipsy.. #jasonreitman
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SybilDisobedience
09/08/09

In reply to At Summer's End, Hollywood Counts the Money
That still looks like some kind of bizarro Christina's World.
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TroisFilles
09/08/09

In reply to At Summer's End, Hollywood Counts the Money
Pssst - "vomitoria." Veni, vidi, correcti.

Semper ubu sub ubi.
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snugbug
09/08/09

@TroisFilles: Absit iniuria verbis.. but yeah. Point well taken.
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PaisleyPajamas
09/08/09

In reply to At Summer's End, Hollywood Counts the Money
Re: "Market Share"

I would think that making 10 to 20 movies with $10M budgets, that each bring in a 5X to 8X return would be "better business" than betting the farm on a $100M to $200M crapfest that brings a "hopeful" 1X to 2X return.

What is not readily evident in this picture? Is it about the promotion? Are the PR costs spread over many movies just too expensive for the studios?

It seems really lazy.
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skymotel
09/08/09

In reply to At Summer's End, Hollywood Counts the Money
But what about Max Tucker’s film?
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snugbug
09/08/09

@skymotel: It's exclusively screening at vomitoria across the nation.
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DahlELama
09/08/09

In reply to At Summer's End, Hollywood Counts the Money
Harry Potter and the Hangover actually sounded like a pretty awesome movie until I reread that sentence.
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Spirit Fingers
09/08/09

@DahlELama: I also liked, Bruno, Land of the Lost, not for its awesomeness however, but for its spot on truth.
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snugbug
09/08/09

@DahlELama: "Harry Pothead and the Hangover."
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Perhaps Not
09/08/09

@Spirit Fingers: I enjoyed Land of the Lost and Funny People for very similar reasons.
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