Margin Call 2011 Subtitles A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. His protégé completes the study late into the night and then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company's financial disaster he has discovered. Description A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. There are a few flaws with Chandor's observant screenplay, for example, the overly analogous scenes of Rogers dealing with his dying dog and a rooftop scene that plays up Emerson's nihilistic nature too predictably. Central to the movie's success: 1 It gets across the essence of what is going on in the financial markets without bogging us down or dumbing it down 2 finding a moral question that can be resolved in a night, yet which is nevertheless a perfect allegory for the whole set of moral questions raised by an economy that works the way ours does, rewarding false confidence, recklessness, and deceit as often as industry, skill, and integrity 3 the placement of young, innocent but perceptive characters at the center of the drama, who function as our eyes and ears, who are like stand-ins for all of us who weren't there, at the heart of the dream machine, when the latest fantasy of easy wealth was exposed as a collective delusion 4 really 'gets' the trader ethos and manner - they are a kind of warrior caste, foul-mouthed, impulsive, deeply selfish, surviving by their ability to outplay their counterparts, and yet living by a warrior code that sets boundaries on what they will and will not do to one another having spent three years on Wall Street several panics ago, it rang as true as any movie I have seen on the subject It's like Mamet, except you don't have to work as hard to figure out what everyone's up to. Reality intervenes, fear takes over, and the 'survivor' is the guy who first reaches the lifeboat. The film is very intense and although it is about a company involved in the financial meltdown of 2008, it really is about much more.
The effect is a very clever one: The life of these bankers seems totally severed from the outside world, they have no real connection with normal people and seem to speaking exaggeratingly lack an understanding of real human values, that there could be more behind life than just maximizing and making money. It's like the best movie I've seen in a little while. As stated above the actors make a big difference. So there are no villains in this movie, just people, richly drawn, beautifully acted characters realized by some of our best actors who relish the opportunity to show what they can do given a killer script and enough screen time between lines to actually be the people they are portraying. As stated above the actors make a big difference. Although this movie works almost completely without music, the tension is so immense - thanks to the brilliant actors - that one is forced to focus.
They have to convey decisions and stand by things that you shouldn't normally do. The movie also seems to have affected people since its original slated release date got pushed forward. But then again it's not as if this didn't happen one way or the other. The movie finds a way to hold the mirror up to our civilization, showing how we are all complicit in a collective 'dream' one character says at one point, in response to another who says he feels like he is in a 'dream', 'Funny, it seems like I just woke up'. But one can also witness the cold-blooded atmosphere in the system itself, where every person could easily be mistaken as a number. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss.
The film is very intense and although it is about a company involved in the financial meltdown of 2008, it really is about much more. The movie works solely from inside the nameless firm apart from minor steps outside. Tucci is excellent in his smallish role as Dale and gets to show off his resigned character's engineering aptitude with a brief monologue about building a bridge. One of the film's more pleasant surprises is Demi Moore in cool, brisk form as Sarah Robertson, the top risk officer and lone female executive who knows her career is at stake with the discovery of this folly. Tucci is excellent in his smallish role as Dale and gets to show off his resigned character's engineering aptitude with a brief monologue about building a bridge. Even when the imminent truth reveals and the consequences are becoming more clearer, it always feels like they are cut off; there is a scene in a taxi with Quinto and Badgley that underlines this.
Chandor's effort set on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis , it is very cold indeed with 80% of the trading floor being let go. The effect is a very clever one: The life of these bankers seems totally severed from the outside world, they have no real connection with normal people and seem to speaking exaggeratingly lack an understanding of real human values, that there could be more behind life than just maximizing and making money. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss. I particularly liked the way the film depicts the frightening absolute and ruthless power of the corporation over the lives of people that work there as well as the implications and ripples for everyone else. . I think the absence of a musical score also contributes to the sterility of the proceedings.
Festival releases where I saw it too and the general good response made that an easy decision. He handily controls the boardroom scene with cutting humor and hostile precision. It's like Chinatown, except the 'crime' is something far worse than molesting a single young girl. The ensemble is just brilliant, especially Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons. Blessedly, Chandor doesn't stoop to the customary stereotypes in this corporate cage match, but what he does manage is capture the moral compass underneath each player by way of a cast that really delivers the goods with powerfully implosive performances.
But then again it's not as if this didn't happen one way or the other. Widescreen Enhanced ; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5. His protégé completes the study late into the night and then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company's financial disaster he has discovered. What an incredibly sure hand from a director on his maiden voyage! What I like especially about the movie is the fact that it doesn't try to explain the technical causes of the Financial Crisis but the psychological causes - human failures, which are the real cause for the Crisis: greed, egotism, ignorance. Central to the movie's success: 1 It gets across the essence of what is going on in the financial markets without bogging us down or dumbing it down 2 finding a moral question that can be resolved in a night, yet which is nevertheless a perfect allegory for the whole set of moral questions raised by an economy that works the way ours does, rewarding false confidence, recklessness, and deceit as often as industry, skill, and integrity 3 the placement of young, innocent but perceptive characters at the center of the drama, who function as our eyes and ears, who are like stand-ins for all of us who weren't there, at the heart of the dream machine, when the latest fantasy of easy wealth was exposed as a collective delusion 4 really 'gets' the trader ethos and manner - they are a kind of warrior caste, foul-mouthed, impulsive, deeply selfish, surviving by their ability to outplay their counterparts, and yet living by a warrior code that sets boundaries on what they will and will not do to one another having spent three years on Wall Street several panics ago, it rang as true as any movie I have seen on the subject It's like Mamet, except you don't have to work as hard to figure out what everyone's up to.
The dream is the illusion of easy, risk-managed wealth that the financial markets manufacture, again and again, since the emergence of capital markets 200 years ago, until the illusion morphs overnight into a panic. There are a few flaws with Chandor's observant screenplay, for example, the overly analogous scenes of Rogers dealing with his dying dog and a rooftop scene that plays up Emerson's nihilistic nature too predictably. A great cast with splendid performances. Whoever you are, please don't stop. Almost hilarious, but sadly true is the fact that many people in these companies seem to have no understanding of Economics and just got into their position due to influence or money. In other words, the projected scenario means the firm will soon owe a lot more than it's worth, and the market will be on the verge of an apocalyptic meltdown.
What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss. Comparatively less impressive but playing their more predictable roles fitfully are Penn Badgley as Sullivan's younger, overtly money-obsessed colleague Seth Bregman; Paul Bettany as Dale's nihilistic, snake-oil salesman of a boss, Will Emerson; and Simon Baker as the most morally despicable executive of the bunch, Jared Cohen. With Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, and Paul Bettany. It's like the best movie I've seen in a little while. The movie also seems to have affected people since its original slated release date got pushed forward. Margin Call 2011 English Subtitles A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. They have to convey decisions and stand by things that you shouldn't normally do.
Many scenes in this movie deal with very little dialogue, instead the body language and the unique atmosphere speaks for itself. Although this movie works almost completely without music, the tension is so immense - thanks to the brilliant actors - that one is forced to focus. In addition, some scenes play either too murkily or too clinically to achieve the precise dramatic effect they should. When they are sitting in their conference room and discuss the incident, it feels somewhat grotesque. Either are these women robots or have never experienced something like social warmth. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss. So there are no villains in this movie, just people, richly drawn, beautifully acted characters realized by some of our best actors who relish the opportunity to show what they can do given a killer script and enough screen time between lines to actually be the people they are portraying.