A few years later, one day I chatted with colleagues from Standard Chartered who I knew at the time, and heard about rumors that explained some of the situation back then. (I don’t know if it’s a trade secret, but at least it’s not suitable for exposure in a film review blog.)
I have always believed that finance is the most weird product of modern society.
Margin Call. There are almost few metaphors in the whole film (except for the story of the dog and Dale building the bridge), and all are expressed in the sharpest and most direct dialogue.
Every character is set up just right.
The 23-year-old Seth even appeared in a hurry, sitting in the back seat of the car drinking wine and chatting with Pete: Last year? I made almost $250,000. What have you done? Knock down a few numbers in front of the computer and give them to a bunch of so-called bricks, pretending to understand my model, and then pass them to other bricks on the other side of the world. That's it.
Peter, which is a very interesting character, the one u cant tell even when the whole show's off, even he's probabally the very one of this movie, frowned and asked: You don’t really think it’s that simple, do you?
Will, he earned 2.5 million yuan last year, standing at the top of the company, holding a wine bottle and looking towards the bustling New York City with a smile but a smile: Do you know, the most terrifying thing about people standing on the edge of a cliff is not the fall itself. It was the thought that I might really want to jump. It was him who said that "cynic" sentence while smoking a cigarette on the car returning from Brooklyn: ordinary people? They are happy today because of us! Without us calculating these credits and funds later, how can they consume things that they simply cannot afford? Something happened, but we all blamed us. I tell you, if nothing happens tomorrow, they will return to their original state and enjoy everything that does not belong to them. They pretended to be innocent, got everything, and really deceived themselves to believe that it was a pie from the sky!
Sarah, Dale reprimanded her at the beginning of the film. In the middle of the film, she was sitting alone in front of an office window on a high floor in the city center. Demi, who had been missing for a long time, put down her hair. It looks like "This year's funeral was actually him." The saddest thing in life is that, in fact, everything is expected, but still walks here autonomously.
In the early morning, in the office, Sam suddenly asked Cohen, his boss: How old are you? Answer: 43. laugh. The 43-year-old Cohen, who has been in the top ranks, is obviously more deeply rooted and cold-blooded than the younger Seth, who has witnessed and simply played a role as a "screw".
Tuld, our dear Uncle Iron, near the end of the film, there is a speech in the restaurant: Everything is for money. It has never changed from generation to generation. Do you think you killed a lot of people today? What you do today is actually no different from what you have done over the years. With these fabricated money, people do not have to kill for food and clothing. Throughout the generations, there will always be winners and losers in the past, and the starving ones will survive.
Finance is a game for people with high IQs. I'm just an ordinary head, but I'm also fortunate that there are many friends with such high IQs around me. Whenever I think about it, I find it quite interesting. As a host with a somewhat elitist complex, I always listen to it with gusto. But as a young cynical young man, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. They reserve better. This feeling is similar to seeing people who are in or on the edge of the fashion circle. Because they know a little bit, they know that they are actually very thoughtful and intelligent people, but because they are in it, they have to spend their energy and effort for the exaggerated world. A lot of mental and physical energy, every time I see this, I am somewhat... It is difficult to find a word, I believe they do not need sympathy, and I am not qualified to judge, but, alas, I feel a little emotional.
Dale said that he used to be an engineer and built a bridge. He explained the meaning of the bridge with amazing data. Of course, it was ironic how meaningless everything he did in the financial world was. But Will turned around and said: Maybe some people just like to spend a few hours going home? Who knows? !
Yes. Who knows.
When material has developed to a point where people have become accustomed to enjoying and consuming, how can they know what is true, what is illusion, what is meaning and what is essence?
Everyone in the film, I also believe that most of the people on Wall Street are real, in fact, they are not monsters that people will blame later. They were once classmates, friends, neighbors, and even us.
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