"If you really want to do this with your life you have to believe that you’re necessary. And you are. People want to live like this in their cars and their big fucking houses that they can’t even pay for? Then you’re necessary.
They say they do but they don’t. They want what we have to give them, but they also want to play innocent and pretend they have no idea where it came from.
名不见经传的J.C. Chandor自编自导处女作。据说他在构思一年半之后,仅花4天时间就写完剧本,又用了17天时间就全部拍完,小成本获得高评价,效率之高令人称奇。
从金融巨头内部员工的视角来展现2008年金融风暴来临前的那个长夜。高度集中的时空布局,众多人物的大段谈话,都让人想到当年惊世骇俗的《12怒汉》。在这样的片子里,对白的水准和演员的发挥决定了影片的档次。本片中,Will在开车时关于“虚伪普通人”的演讲、Sam激励员工做最后一搏的说辞、老板Tuld在开会时充满自嘲的应对以及最后饭桌上“就那么回事”的辩白,都堪称经典。不难发现,Sam、Sarah、Eric等人原本都是充满人情味甚至责任感的,但在金钱面前,最终都纷纷折腰;导演还刻意提到了各级人物的工资和花销,好好讽刺了一把这些华尔街才子。但贪婪是人性的弱点,每个人都一样。就想象一下,如果你是那个被鼓动要昧着良心卖MBS的操作员,一边是得罪客户遭人唾骂,一边是一次性140万美元的奖金,你会怎么选?
舞台剧般的场景要求,使得导演能够用有限的预算请到一批实力派演员
“商海通牒”被神话了的金融
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