"Margin Call" is 107 minutes long, which is very good. After reading it, I am not tired at all.
The story takes place in two days, a sleepless night to be precise, plus a busy day. Very tight and suspenseful. The fired risk assessor gave the USB flash drive to his subordinates before getting out of the elevator. After get off work, subordinates began to analyze the data and found that the company's bonds should have been sold a few weeks ago. He called his colleague and asked him to call his superior. After the leader came, he directly called the boss Sam. Sam said, it's after 11 o'clock, do you want me to go back to the unit? The problem is serious and you have to come back. He came back and found that the problem was much more serious. He didn't understand data, so he had to find someone to confirm that the data analysis was correct, and called his boss, a 43-year-old financial analyst. Everyone's expression is that the problem is serious. After 45 minutes, confirm that there is no problem with the data. The 43-year-old boss called Todd, the company's big boss. The big boss came over by helicopter and explained the situation. The emergency plan came out immediately, and he decided to sell these assets.
We are businessmen.
But we are not businessmen who do one-shot deals.
We need to find a scapegoat, financial analysts have no choice but to come out and take the thunder.
It was destined to be a sleepless night. It was already past 4 o'clock when Todd came to the meeting. At 6:30, the sales came out for a meeting, and the market opened for sale. In the afternoon, a lot of news had been leaked, and some people did not want to buy their things. At the end, if you want to sell it, you have to lose money.
Outside the building, the passage between Sullivan and Sam chatting is really wonderful. A young man with a formidable future, and a senior who has experienced the storm, face the coming storm together. No one has experienced it, and they all hesitated, and they all felt that something might be wrong. But it's not up to the two of them to decide. "Is it the right decision?" "For whom?"
I especially like this kind of thinking, very profound. A group of old actors, you always feel that every sentence has an overtone. Don't need to say more, facing what to do at this time, everyone is helpless, admitting helplessness, accepting helplessness, letting the camera stay there, embarrassing for a second, all the feelings are conveyed. Especially nice.
Regarding the financial turmoil in 2008, I always felt that it was a particularly big topic, but the screenwriter's perspective was too fresh. A company with foresight implemented a poison pill plan. During the process, some people have different opinions, and it turns out that money never sleeps, and the power of wealth makes the world turn around. No matter how crazy the idea is, there must be a brave man under the reward. I think it's just a naked discovery of the logic of how the financial world works. You know this is wrong, but none of us are idealists, we have a family to support, we need money, so we know it's wrong and we do it anyway.
I don't think it's ironic at all, I just think the playwright is helpless, there's nothing anyone can do about it.
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