Inside Job: The Financial Crisis Documentary Every Lizard Should See

Politics • September 2010 • Views: 1,457

I just got back from a film festival showing of “Inside Job” - a masterpiece documentary about the recent financial crisis and the top choice at Cannes. This is not a partisan film at all. It is a damning indictment of several players and the warped incentive systems that plunged us into the deepest recession since the 1930s. No administration is spared here, ranging from Reagan’s to Obama’s. With crapy loans, complex derivatives, greedy CEOs, professors with conflicts of interest, and even a Madam from Wall Street, how can the director possibly go wrong?

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Linden Arden Sat, Sep 25, 2010 10:07:04am

Did the film charge illegalities and/or fraud by government officials or the private sector?

Or was it more incompetence, recklessness, and lack of regulatory oversight in a system feeding on a housing bubble?

Cheese Eating Victory Monkey Sat, Sep 25, 2010 11:37:18am

The latter, but the film includes a lot of underhanded behavior, not just recklessness and incompetence.

Mongo only pawn... in game of life. Sat, Sep 25, 2010 1:51:12pm

Ponzi would blush.

Lidane Sat, Sep 25, 2010 2:12:35pm

I’m looking forward to this film. I’m definitely making plans to see it in the theaters.

wrenchwench Sat, Sep 25, 2010 2:48:30pm

Without commas between your tags, you have one big tag, “Documentary Film Economy Cannes”. Which is a good tag, don’t get me wrong….

elizajane Sun, Sep 26, 2010 8:39:47am

Wow! That’s my friend Charles Ferguson’s film!

His last film was on Iraq and involved armed vehicles and body-guards for the production. When he said his next film would be on the financial crisis I said, “er, that sounds a bit dull after Iraq” and he said, “oh, it’s not going to be dull!”

Evidently he was right. Look forward to seeing this one.

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