Margin Call

by Pier Marton | Nov 21, 2011 | Eco, Film, Human Rights, Politics, Review, Spectacle, STL

A few words/a review:
Do you need another reason to Occupy Wall Street? The financial disaster minute by minute – unfortunately based on a true story – with stellar performances by Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto amongst others (with the feel of an Oscar Winner).
If the math in the documentary “Inside Job” was too much to follow, here the tight and electrifying editing/visuals/dialogue and soundtrack provide an arresting close-up of the abysmal decisions made by the latest crop of profiteers.–> A+
The movie’s website.

LEAVING St. Louis Plaza Frontenac ON TUESDAY! Showtimes are (1:15 4:00) 6:45 9:10 p.m.
A list of recent documentaries on the financial crisis.

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus