Inside Job

by Charles Ferguson (Director)

Other authorsMatt Damon (Actor)

DVD, 2012

Call number

DVD-DOC 56

Collection

DVD

Genres

Business

General Nonfiction

History

Publication

Sony Pictures Classics (2011)

Description

The definitive big picture on the financial crisis, from the man behind the Oscar-winning documentary that exposed the workings of the new economic elite Based on explosive interviews, court documents and corporate archives, Inside Job traces in gripping detail how decades of deregulation gave birth to a predator nation, with power players cycling through positions in government, academia and Wall Street - and continuing to do so even in the wake of the global financial crisis. With stunning clarity, Charles Ferguson delivers an uncompromising accounting of how a new economic oligarchy has wrested control of our politics and the prospects for real recovery.

User reviews

LibraryThing member comfypants

How the 2008 economic collapse happened.

It seems like documentary Oscars are only given out for importance of subject matter, with no regard for the quality of the film. Two hours of talking heads, discussing economics, all with the purpose of telling a story that everyone (who cares enough to

watch the movie) already knows anyway. So boring. And shameless. If you're out to make some of the most evil people alive look bad, you really should not need to resort to cheap shots (like cutting away from interviewees before they have a chance to respond to your calling them liars). Maybe all the movie critics that gave it glowing reviews have never heard of NPR, where you get the exact same stuff (minus the pseudo-journalistic bullshit) pretty much every day for the last three years.

Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: F
Dialog: D
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: n/a
Music: D

Enjoyment: D

GPA: 1.2/4

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