This may well be old news but first time I noticed Reitman
discussing it: Entertainment Weekly asked
Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman to react to a common
(among conservatives and libertarians at least) reading of
Ghostbusters as having an explicit and intentional
anti-regulatory, pro-small-business message.
While I’ve been unable to find it online, it’s on page 113 of
EW’s Sept. 19/26 double issue. They ask Reitman: “Did you
ever imagine that National Review wold name
Ghostbusters one of the best conservative
movies?”
He replies: “I never knew that. I’ve always been something of a
conservative-slash-libertarian. The first movie deals with going
into business for yourself, and it’s anti-EPA–too much government
regulation. It does have a point of view that really
resonates.”
Jesse Walker
wrote about this point in February. Ben Schwart at suck.com
laid out the Baby
Boomer conservatism underlying Harold Ramis’s comedy, and also
notes the Reagan-era perfection of
Ghostbusters anti-reg message.
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