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Lecture 2, Film Recap

Lecture 2, Film Recap. Introduction to Moral Issues. Margin Call (2011). What did you think? Who were the good guys, bad guys? Did you sympathize with the villains? What did you think about their etiquette? Did the firm do the right thing at the end?. Margin Call Firm Hierarchy.

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Lecture 2, Film Recap

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  1. Lecture 2, Film Recap Introduction to Moral Issues

  2. Margin Call (2011) • What did you think? • Who were the good guys, bad guys? • Did you sympathize with the villains? • What did you think about their etiquette? • Did the firm do the right thing at the end?

  3. Margin Call Firm Hierarchy Risk Department

  4. Risk Department Continued

  5. Film Discussion Continued • Which of these characters showed the most unease with the decisions of the firm? • Do any of the characters do the right thing, morally?

  6. Film Discussion Continued • Did the film maker try to put moral blameworthiness on anyone in the film? • On Hardball: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HJ8nCRsDLo

  7. Film Discussion Continued • New York Times Critic A.O. Scott: • “ But the film, relentless in its honesty and shrewd in its insights and techniques, is unlikely to soothe the wounded pride of the actual or aspiring ruling class. It is a tale of greed, vanity, myopia and expediency that is all the more damning for its refusal to moralize. • There are no hissable villains here, no operatic speeches condemning or celebrating greed. Just a bunch of guys (and one woman, Demi Moore) in well-tailored clothes and a state of quiet panic trying to save themselves from a global catastrophe of their own making. Watching them going about their business, you don’t feel the kind of fury inspired by “Inside Job,” Charles Ferguson’s great muckraking documentary on the origins of the financial crisis, but rather a mix of dread, disgust, pity and confusion.” • http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/movies/margin-call-with-zachary-quinto-review.html?scp=1&sq=margin%20call%20review&st=cse

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