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Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com] 
2/6/2011 1:27:43 PM 
Re: You should see this movie/documentary 
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it is very unfair, and misrepresents tons of inf 
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 3:26 AM, <111110 wrote: 
Inside Job (2010) 
NYT Critics' Pick This movie has been designated a Critic's Pick by the film reviewers of The New York Times. 
Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke and Timothy Geithner in the documentary "Inside Job." 
Sony Pictures Classics 
Who Maimed the Economy, and How 
By A. 0. SCOTT 
"Inside Job," a sleek, briskly paced film whose title suggests a heist movie, is the story of a crime without 
punishment, of an outrage that has so far largely escaped legal sanction and societal stigma. The betrayal 
of public trust and collective values that Mr. Ferguson chronicles was far more brazen and damaging than 
the adultery in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, which treated Hester more as scapegoat than villain. 
The gist of this movie, which begins in a mood of calm reflection and grows angrier and more incredulous 
as it goes on, is unmistakably punitive. The density of information and the complexity of the subject 
matter make "Inside Job" feel like a classroom lecture at times, but by the end Mr. Ferguson has 
summoned the scourging moral force of a pulpit-shaking sermon. That he delivers it with rigor, restraint 
and good humor makes his case all the more devastating. 
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He is hardly alone in making it. Numerous journalists have published books and articles retracing the 
paths that led the world economy to the precipice two years ago. The deregulation of the financial 
services industry in the 1980s and '9os; the growing popularity of complex and risky derivatives; the real 
estate bubble and the explosion of subprime lending — none of these developments were exactly secret. 
On the contrary, they were celebrated as vindications of the power and wisdom of markets. Accordingly, 
Mr. Ferguson recyc

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