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From: Sent: 2/6/2011 8:26:59 AM To: jeeproject@yahoo.com Subject: You should see this movie/documentary Inside Job (2010) NYT Critics' PickThis movie has been designated a Critic's Pick by the film reviewers of The New York Times. Sony Pictures Classics Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke and Timothy Geithner in the documentary "Inside Job." 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. 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 '90s; 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 recycles choice moments of triumphalism, courtesy of Lawrence H. Summers, George W. Bush, Alan Greenspan and various cable television ranters and squawkers. Even as stock indexes […]