Telluride Interview: Jason Reitman, Director of 'Juno'

Published: September 10, 2007, 8:02 am

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Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Telluride, Festival Reports, Fox Searchlight, Interviews, Toronto International Film Festival, Cinematical IndieJason Reitman's second feature film, Juno, turned out to be the surprise hit of the Telluride Film Festival, before moving on to Toronto. Reitman took time out of his last day at Telluride to sit down and chat about his film, why it works, and why guys just don't want to grow up. (NOTE: This interview is a discussion of the film that contains spoilers, so if you don't want to know anything about it before you see it, stop reading now.)Cinematical: Let's talk about how you found the Juno script to begin with and why you wanted to film it.Jason Reitman: I was fortunate enough that I had Mason Novack (Diablo's manager) found Diablo, and I knew Mason, and so I had a copy of the script as soon as it came out.Cinematical: And what did you like about the script? What did Diablo do right?JR: What she did right was this: She took a very tricky piece

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