Recounting the Cri$i$, Part 3: Up in the Air (+ films of 2009)

In Part 3 of this season on movies and The Great Recession, Tori and Dávid explore what layoffs, bailouts, and defaults meant for movies in the year immediately after the crisis.

Topics and films mentioned:

• Up in the Air, 2009, directed by Jason Reitman
• Trailer: Up in the Air
• Poster: Up in the Air
• Network, 1976, directed by Sidney Lumet
• The Devil Wears Prada, The Pursuit of Happyness, Slumdog Millionaire
• Bonnie and Clyde, 1967, directed by Arthur Penn
• The Dark Knight, 2008, directed by Christopher Nolan
• The Bank Job, 2008, directed by Roger Donaldson
• The International, 2009, directed by Tom Tykwer
• Public Enemies, 2009, directed by Michael Mann
• Drag Me to Hell, 2009, directed by Sam Raimi
• The Evil Dead, 1981, Evil Dead II, 1987, directed by ⁠Sam Raimi⁠