Re:Why 'Margin Call' remains Wall Street's favorite movie
by xfactorial on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:12AM
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Consider the plot and consider it is loosely based on real events.
Also: it’s a highly quoted movie on YouTube where copyright has not been strictly enforced.
Every part of it is a specific area of the business: the lay offs, the move forward after them, the analyst crunching the data, the gathering after his discovery, the communication, the meetings and the decision making.
All of it from the perspective of a financial institution, knowing what we know: I wonder what would have happened if that movie happened 15 years before the crash and the public perception of the content (probably dismissed as “too Hollywood”).
Also: it’s a highly quoted movie on YouTube where copyright has not been strictly enforced.
Every part of it is a specific area of the business: the lay offs, the move forward after them, the analyst crunching the data, the gathering after his discovery, the communication, the meetings and the decision making.
All of it from the perspective of a financial institution, knowing what we know: I wonder what would have happened if that movie happened 15 years before the crash and the public perception of the content (probably dismissed as “too Hollywood”).