Clearly, I'm not going after box office.

Like, this is not my daily objective.

I'm telling personal stories and I'm telling them,

trying to tell them at a time when people generally

don't want to finance these movies.

I'm Sean Fennes, the editor and chief of the ringer,

and this is the big picture, a conversation show

with the most interesting filmmakers in the world.

Today's guest has made seven films

and experience several phases of a director's life

and he's barely even 40.

He's been a film festival hot shot,

the creator of a cultural phenomenon,

an academy award nominee, and a critical target.

It's Jason Reitman, who's best known for directing Juneau,

up in the air, and thank you for smoking,

and a wonderkin' burst at the beginning of his career.

Reitman has not had a movie in theaters since 2014,

but his new one, Tully, is a reunion of sorts

with the screenwriter and creative partner Diablo Cody

and Charlie Starrin, with whom the duo

made the underrated young adult in 2011.

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