Saturday Night
“And live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” Propulsive, frenetic and chaotic, Saturday Night is a fluid and irreverent eccentric experience that perfectly encapsulates the crazy counter-cultural catalyst that was/is SNL with a sharp script, slick ensemble and stunning camerawork which combine for cacophonous comedic effect in one of the most action-packed non-action films ever produced. Discussion Points: It was never meant to work. It was set up to fail. And yet Saturday Night Live is now in its 50th season and has launched the careers of dozens of comedic household names. What started as a group of 20 something year old no-names, became a revolutionary counter-cultural force that changed television forever. And director/writer Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan capture the chaos and channel the catalytic shock to deliver one of the most propulsive films in recent memory, with a healthy dose of nostalgia for a show that had left such a sizeable cultural footprint. As the ta
