You know, I take back my opinions on horror movies. I used to think it was all shock and gore, which it still is, and kind of miss some of the unknown, ominous presence that foreboding, unrelenting force can do for a horror flick. Horror movies are always about dealing with the fear of the unknown, good ones anyways, and what greater fear or horror that is out there than economic uncertainty. Now I am not rich but any stretch of the imagination as I am making a general assumption and saying that my readers are not rich either, so when a documentary comes along and highlights one of the worst economic downturns in our generation (sorry Great Depression ear readers) and shows that this could in some way have been avoided, you got to feel a bit horrified that these people are still in charge. That is truly the scariest thing in the world.
Producer/director Charles Ferguson (No End in Sight) speaks at length with journalists, politicians, and financial insiders in order to offer a clearer picture of the economic meltdown that hit America starting in 2008. Academy Award winner Matt Damon narrates this unflinching look at the deep-rooted corruption that has left millions of middle-class Americans jobless and homeless as the major corporations get bailed out while paying millions in bonuses. (moviefone)
Honestly, I am not certain how someone just doesn’t put their boot or heel into their television after seeing this. Probably because they don’t have anymore money in their accounts because of mortgages and high debt/taxes they have to pay for the 2008 bailouts. I am just guessing, so who knows really. There is a wonderful things that documentaries are capable of doing, which is brings us answers and closure to particular subjects. To date, there have no arrests, jail time, really anything done for the collapse in 2008 and as we as the American public stands, want to know why.
Ferguson does a great job in compiling interviews and footage that chronicles and frames the entire collapse up till the release of the documentary. The interviews range from people on Wallstreet to financial analysts and politicians all weigh in, either adding some insight or stammering as if no one was ever going to ask them about the collapse. But to digest and wade through all the information and interviews, Ferguson decided to break the documentary into 5 different parts. Each part highlights a particular time int he collapse, from how it began, to the ripple effect of the collapse, the litigation and hearings, an ultimately ending on our future now that we are years into the collapse. It is a complicated matter and one that nobody can have a firm grasp on, but Ferguson does an amazing job at framing the issue into a coherent film.
Inside Job is an infuriating documentary that makes you really question about government and the people that run it with impunity. The filmmaker does an amazing job at tempering the documentary with a well thought-out structure and does just get on the pulpit and yell the entire time. The documentary is presented with reason, researched arguments and questions, but it is delivered with tact and humor which ends up being more effective than just outright yelling.
*images via (rottentomatoes)
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