Single-serving life. The same sanitized key card existence disparaged by Edward Norton's gravelly narrator in “Fight Club” is worshiped by George Clooney's gentlemanly protagonist Ryan Bingham, in Jason Reitman's new film “Up in the Air.” Employed by a "career transition" corporate firm (essentially, he is hired to fire people), Ryan travels for all but 40 days of the year and aspires to attain 10 million frequent flyer miles. Not for any specific trip, but to save for the sake of saving. As he proudly tells his young protegee Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), only six people in the world have achieved this goal.
Up in the Air
Up in the Air
Up in the Air
Single-serving life. The same sanitized key card existence disparaged by Edward Norton's gravelly narrator in “Fight Club” is worshiped by George Clooney's gentlemanly protagonist Ryan Bingham, in Jason Reitman's new film “Up in the Air.” Employed by a "career transition" corporate firm (essentially, he is hired to fire people), Ryan travels for all but 40 days of the year and aspires to attain 10 million frequent flyer miles. Not for any specific trip, but to save for the sake of saving. As he proudly tells his young protegee Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), only six people in the world have achieved this goal.