Watch a Chaotic Rehearsal in ‘Saturday Night’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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- Creating chaos onscreen requires a lot more planning than it might seem. That’s the case in this sequence from “Saturday Night,” the latest film from Jason Reitman, which looks at how the first episode of the long-running NBC sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live” came together.
In the scene, the “S.N.L.” cast members John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and Garrett Morris are rehearsing a sketch.
“At the beginning, you know, it’s going through the normal steps and trying to figure out camerawork,” Reitman says of the scene in his narration, and by the end, “it’s a total catastrophe.”
So how did Reitman go about building this out-of-control situation? For one, he put his background actors through a boot camp, where they learned how to do the jobs of the crew people they were portraying. And beyond that, he created detailed plans for the production team to follow.
“We had to choreograph this movie like a dance film,” Reitman said. “I’d have a giant whiteboard like a football coach. And I would have to write plays for all the extras and background actors and crew, just so everyone would know where to be.”
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Dylan O'Brien sounds exactly like Dan Aykroyd, it's uncanny. Top marks. I wonder if it was at all strange for Jason Reitman, who has been working with Dan IRL!
I was going to mention that.
I just love how everything quickly turned into a shitshow. Not sure how anyone got anything done in this work environment 😂
Balushi was the wolverine of the group!!!
Oh, I am so watching this one...!
“So how the movie ends?”
“The show airs”
Arli$$!!!! THE Robert Wuhl! I'm in.
Saturday🌙= 🫨🫨
"no tv" ... so ... SC ... Tv ... ?
Dan Aykroyd was Second City, Toronto cast, but not SCTV. But indeed Lorne and Dan had both done The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour on CBC together, which was a sketch show. And Lorne had done writing on American series.
Muddled audio. Can't listen or follow.
It's muddled, sure, but completely audible.
You could also use subtitles
sadly this will bomb
What sane rational person watches this stuff?
You’ll be fine
Oh look, a misanthrope. 😂
@@mittenil2972 Those who hate misanthropes must have a name too, I just don't know what it is.
Saturday Night Live hasn't existed in peoples lives in the last 30 years. Why is this garbage relevant?
Bc this is when it was good lol
30 years? don't be a drama queen.
Little child, don't cry. The world doesn't revolve around you but you can still be a part of it. ❤😊
The “No one watches SNL anymore” stuff is old. It’s not quite the pop culture powerhouse it was, but some people still pay attention. But one thing I have noted is, you can sometimes age out of SNL. One day you get that episode where you don’t know the Star or musical guest, and half the jokes are references you don’t get. 30 years is a bit much, but I read someone complaining that the show hasn’t been funny since 1980. Writing off 45 seasons is really too much.
I've been watching SNL since I was in college. Yes, some of the sketches were not great, some were really good. But, I still watch it. I don't have high expectations everytime I watch it but sometimes it does make me laugh. I think it depends on each person's humor or vibe.