Inside Job DVD

Inside Job was released into movie theaters on October the 8th, 2010.  Directed by Charles Ferguson, the film stars the voice of Matt Damon as the narrator, and is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.  The DVD will be released on March 8th, 2011, and made available at DVD retailers across the nation.

As he did with the occupation of Iraq in No End in Sight, Charles Ferguson shines a light on the global financial crisis in Inside Job.  So, the plot of the film presents a worldwide economic breakdown, in which millions upon millions of people are left unemployed and homeless.  This breakdown results in a projected loss of $20 trillion worth of resources, leaving the face of the global financial market looking pretty grim.  Sound familiar?  Is anyone still saying that "Greed is Good"?

Inside Job DVD

It's a documentary that begins and ends in Iceland, a flourishing country that gave American-style banking a try--and paid the price. The film features real interviews, information, and looks at the spectacular rise and cataclysmic fall of deregulation in the United States.  Inside Job works to find the source of this meltdown, tracing the stories of those involved back to the beginning.  The director, Ferguson, spoke with journalists, politicians, and other professionals before composing this story, which he presents in an organized and
cohesive manner.  In fact, he builds his narrative around dozens of players, interviewing authors, bank managers, government ministers.




Critics have been hailing the timing of Inside Job's release, with the subject matter being relevant to this current state of affairs.  Ferguson is also being praised for the amount of work that he put in to this project.  The research required to participate in the head-to-head interviews that he conducted would have required many sleepless nights, and the information that it unveils is equally impressive.  Because of the knowledge that Ferguson had about the subject material, he was able to steer the conversation without being sidetracked by the normal political strategies.  Although, Ferguson is not  as combative as Michael Moore, he does nevertheless ask toughquestions and elicits responses from several participants, including former Treasury secretary David McCormick and Columbia dean Glenn Hubbard, George W. Bush's economic adviser.

What makes stories like the one presented in Inside Job so unique is its conspiratorial nature.  This documentary is really a work of journalism, uncovering the scheming and deceit that went into the recent economic crash.  It shocks audiences with its thoroughness in presenting a clear and agreeable series of events, leading to an ultimate results.  This movie highlights the corruption involved on Wall Street and in major corporations that handle a large amount of the world's money.  This film definitely leaves the audience asking questions and wondering about the future.

In this film, Ferguson not only takes issues with Reagan and Bush over tax cuts that benefit the wealthy, but also criticises Clinton for encouraging derivatives and Obama for failing to deliver on the promise of reform.

It appears the goal of Inside Job is to put a spotlight on this corruption (the drugs, the parties, the prostitution) in order to inform the public to make informed decisions.  With this information available to the public, Ferguson is looking to inspire change in the way that certain things are controlled in modern society.  The subject matter is relevant, and the material well presented, in the upcoming DVD release of Inside Job.

Abi Motala