Ansari looks to old classics to highlight wealth disparities in "Good Fortune"

Actor-comedian Aziz Ansari said he was inspired by films from the 1930s and 40s for his directorial debut "Good Fortune", a fantasy-satire about an angel swapping the lives of a gig worker and an affluent Silicon Valley venture capitalist. The film, starring Ansari, Canadian actors Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Sandra Oh, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday. Reeves plays an angel named Gabriel with limited powers who swaps the lives of broke gig worker Arj, played by Ansari, and tech millionaire Jeff, played by Rogen, hoping the two learn that money is not important. The outcome is not as he expected. "You look at films from the 30s and 40s, there were a lot of movies...