The Wolf of Wall Street (Dir. Martin Scorsese/2014)
In 1987, Gordon Gekko prided himself on the term “Greed is
Good”. In Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of
Wall Street, greed is a state of mind. A smooth talker and shrewd salesman,
Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) has a way with words. He learns fast, expertly teaching
home-grown friends to con the top 1% of earners to invest in dodgy shares.
Meanwhile, his company – part-owned by Donnie (Hill) – snags the majority of
financial reward. Written by Sopranos-alumni
Terence Winter, he uses Goodfellas-style
narration to simplify the stock-market as DiCaprio cuts to the chase – is it
legal? No. How much money were they making? $22m. We get it – through illegal
means, Belfort lives a life of excess and orgies; hookers and drugs. Snorting,
smoking and pill-taking his way through seven years, it’s shocking to see how
the law treats the rogue trader - and the beauty in how pertinent it is in
2013.
Rating: 8/10
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