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The Flaw

2011 · 78 min

A sober, interview-driven explainer that makes the financial crisis feel like a slow-motion disaster you can't look away from.

Tagline
What happens when the rich get richer?
Overview
The story of the credit bubble that caused the financial crash. Through interviews with some of the world's leading economists, including housing expert Robert Shiller, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and economic historian Louis Hyman, as well as Wall Street insiders and victims of the crash including Ed Andrews - a former economics correspondent for The New York Times who found himself facing foreclosure - and Andrew Luan, once a bond trader at Deutsche Bank now running his own Wall Street tour guide business, the film presents an original and compelling account of the toxic combination of forces that nearly destroyed the world economy.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • corruption
  • power
  • class
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror0
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
David Sington
Starring
Robert Shiller, Robert Frank, Joseph Stiglitz, Dan Ariely
Music
Philip Sheppard
Cinematography
Clive North
Runtime
78 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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