This is an indictment film set against the background of the 2008 financial crisis, which profoundly exposes the reality that the US capital market is clothed in "freedom" but is manipulated by a few wealthy bankers. In a "perfect" society Under the system and welfare, the protagonist has lost everything. At the end of the film, in the banker's office, the banker said to the protagonist that "the cream is always on top", but in the end, the cream was defeated by the "water", and he lost the last capital gamble in his life, and also lost his life. This is a reflection on the life of the middle and low-level people in the United States. Their lives are ruthlessly controlled by big financial groups. The capital market with the seemingly prosperous economy hides a crisis. The film highlights the suddenness and severity of such a crisis, which can be destroyed by surprise. A person.
Since the 2008 financial crisis, many people of insight, including the American people, have gradually realized the true face of the US capital market. It is not perfect, but full of greed and danger. On September 17, 2011, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Manhattan, New York, USA, trying to occupy Wall Street. Some even brought tents and threatened to persist for a long time. Although this "Occupy Wall Street" group activity was suppressed by the New York police, it shows that the middle and lower classes of the American people are beginning to become conscious and unbearable, trying to let more people hear their dissatisfaction and express their anger at the financial behavior of Wall Street. . The film is called "Invasion of Wall Street", and I think it should also allude to the "Occupy Wall Street" incident.
Canada was affected by the tsunami in the 2008 financial crisis and suffered serious losses. This film is a reflection of Canadians on the financial crisis and their own views on the international financial system dominated by the United States. I hope more people will recognize its Irrationality, its danger, its concealment.
As Chinese audiences, we should see the words conveyed by the film, look at the American market and American life rationally, and recognize that the so-called "freedom" has two sides. If you read a few more books and like to study the international situation and American strategy, you will have a deeper understanding of the film, and feel that it is long overdue. The tragedy described makes people shake their heads and laugh bitterly. The act of establishing a sound free market is deeply ironic - the world's most perfect free market has suffered from this, let alone other countries with different national conditions? Those who believe in the "free market", and imitators in general, have sounded the alarm. The film doesn't go into detail, but it makes a cryptic mention: The U.S. Treasury has made an emergency injection of funds to save large companies, and that's exactly what happened. After all market operations failed, the government finally rescued the market regardless of face, and completely threw away the fig leaf of "market freedom".
Of course, you can think of the end when you see the poster and the beginning, but this is not a suspense movie after all. Although you know what will happen next, it is still fascinating. It feels like watching "Journey to the West", knowing that Tang Seng is going to be arrested, and Sun Wukong I want to save it, but I still want to see it. I think, it should be that we resonate with the protagonist to see with our own eyes what we want to see, killing Wall Street (and rescuing Tang Sanzang).
This film emphasizes content and ideas. As for artistic techniques, the director has done his best. This is a film that is more than just an artistic one, because Hollywood would never make such a film. Highly recommend!
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