Posts Tagged Wall Street
Moore is repeated
By Fernando Mexia - Film , Economics , Politics - 28/09/2009
Fernando Mexia, the pen.
Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary that is worth while not the best productions of Moore, is possibly one of the weakest. For over two hours of film director describes this critical recent abuses of Wall Street, the goings on in Washington to save the banks, impunity, 
suffering of citizens unable to pay your mortgage and other injustices usually included in the incomprehensible fine print of financial contracts in the best. A recent story told, and for an audience that goes to the movies and outraged at how the current economic and social system in the U.S. and that Moore is unable to offer much news.
The argument fluctuates interest actions in the stock market, shame uncovers some little-known banks but uses headlines, stock photography, roll again for Bush's guilt and clings to the "Yes we can" Obama.
Moore returns in this film his favorite subject (after Bush): large corporations and their schemes for world domination, an argument that touched on his debut Roger & Me (1986), The Big One (1997), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) and Sicko (2007), although with less freshness than usual. Read the rest of this entry »
"1700 Filmmaker seeks producers willing to invest $ 30 to make his film"
By Fernando Mexia - Film , Economics - 24/11/2008
Despite the backslapping, smiles, compliments and other paraphernalia 'jolibudiense', a Mecca of cinema has been little body for parties since the economic crisis made its "premiere" in style on Wall Street , with a cast exception on a carpet of red. Senior executives were left with a dry mouth and liquidity, as usual in this world of stars, few "friends" who call you to buy you a drink when financial planets align against you. But if you suffer some consequence studies, with budget cuts and layoffs become more frequent (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company and sold off treatment), it gets ugly when down a step, the small independent producers .
No one wants to dance with these Cinderellas to not trust them or the corner grocer. No matter if they have a good story, if your approach is more humane or if they have a dynamic, talented and cheap. For the latest Hollywood class banks closed indefinitely with an aseptic "come back tomorrow."
They are however these tessituras of life that sharpen the wit and allow the implementation of ideas that can get to rearrange the order of things.
Could finance a film based donanciones of thousands of small investors?, For the filmmaker Alice Carin the answer is yes. Without hesitating this unknown recently published the following advertisement in The Nation: Read the rest of this entry »
The economic crisis, a "thriller" coming to theaters
By Fernando Mexia - Film , Economics - 21/10/2008
At other times resistant to economic downturns, Hollywood makes these days numbers on credit problems, lack of confidence on Wall Street and the fear of recession. In recent decades the studies went from film companies to large corporations with many different business interests. A double-edged sword because while giving credit to the producers, puts them squarely in the economic turmoil. In the past, Hollywood boasted take heart when things went wrong for other sectors because people took refuge in the movies to forget their sorrows. Today, the lockers are a part of the world of cinema, whose diversification has led to increased costs now can not be maintained. Today, research budgets and postpone production cut for next year because they can not cope with the planned launch campaigns. Read the rest of this entry »
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