另一处有意思的片段,是在清晨的纽约,开名贵跑车跨越哈德逊河回公司的路上,一个华尔街老兵教育新人的话:
"If you really want to do this with your life you have to believe that you’re necessary. And you are. People want to live like this in their cars and their big fucking houses that they can’t even pay for? Then you’re necessary. The only reason they all get to continue living like kings is because we’ve got our fingers on the scales in their favor. I take my hand off and the whole world gets really fucking fair really fucking quickly and nobody actually wants that. They say they do but they don’t. They want what we have to give them, but they also want to play innocent and pretend they have no idea where it came from. That’s more hypocrisy than I’m willing to swallow. Fuck them. Fuck normal people."
短短几句话,毫不布道,瞬间让这部电影和inside job之流的文艺青年说教片高下立现。是的,这个世界很糟糕,糟透了。但把这个世界的糟糕归咎于少数一群人的贪婪和邪恶,以获得置身事外的道德优越感,对看清我们自己到底是什么货色没有任何帮助。任何认为通过消灭一群人或者占领一条街就得以平天下之罪恶,开万世之太平的想法,都只能是too simple sometimes naive。自打夏娃贪吃致人类降世,贪婪从来就不是某一群人的专享,它一直就是你我每一个人的种族天赋。若不信者,可以建议穿越回到四百年多前的阿姆斯特丹街头,找找那株名贵的“永远的奥古斯都”。
电影里最经典的台词有很多,比如大家都在提的那句:"There are three ways to make a living in this business, be first, be smarter, or cheat."
出电影院时,我给它编了一个后续:"There are three ways to make an excuse in this business, blame the US, blame Rothschild, or blame Goldman Sachs"作者: 基督山的茶杯 时间: 2011-12-17 13:21
只得推荐的一部电影啊,顶你作者: 依然被占用 时间: 2011-12-17 13:38
哈哈,我也刚看完,觉得不错作者: 玫瑰小天使 时间: 2011-12-17 21:46
分析的不错,写的真好,人才啊作者: 玉雪·风君 时间: 2013-10-10 21:11
找到好贴不容易,我顶你了,谢了