Inside Job (2010) / Insider work

Inside Job – документальный movie 2010 years directed by Charles Ferguson, which in 2007 a year already managed to confidently declare himself with the film about the war in Iraq No End In Sight. The painting won an award “Oscar” for the best documentary feature film, and was also awarded a number of other film awards. A documentary about those who led to the crisis 2008 years and subsequent events, investigating then, how changes in the economic policies of states and in the activities of financial institutions contributed to the creation of a global crisis. Ferguson himself says, that he made a film about “systematic corruption in the United States by the financial sector and the consequences of this corruption”. The work was well received by critics, who appreciated its dynamism, immersion in the material and the level of investigation.

Despite, what the slogan of the film says “the production of this film cost more than 20 trillion dollars”, making the film itself required 2 million. A significant amount of this money, according to Ferguson himself, went to, to get the rights to the song “Big Time” Peter Gabriel, which plays against the backdrop of breathtaking panoramic shots of New York. The voiceover is read by Hollywood actor Matt Damon, he appears in his corporate image “your boyfriend”, from which the film benefits many times. An important distinguishing feature of this film from the rest, dedicated to the same topic, is that, that Ferguson isn't afraid to ask uncomfortable questions to powerful people, whom he interviews. And not only is not afraid, but he also manages to catch them off guard with direct questions, allowing the viewer to draw unambiguous conclusions. Among “bad guys”, whom Ferguson managed to interview, turned out to be a member of the board of governors FED in 2008 year Frederic Mishkin, US Deputy Treasury Secretary under Bush David McCormick, Columbia Business School Dean and Bush Economic Advisor Glen Hubbard, Harvard professor Martin Feldstein and others. Refused to give interviews, among others, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, despite the fact, that Ferguson, by his own admission, knew them personally. Such prominent figures as Nouriel Rubini are interviewed as experts in the film., Bernie Frank, Элиот Спитцер, Charles Morris, Raguram Rajan, and also such prominent figures of modern politics as Christine Lagarde appear, Dominique Strauss-Kann and others.

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