#TheGrifters came out after a (not "the) #SavingsAndLoan (manufactured) crisis and used that indirectly in its depiction of greed and the "conned".
It's relevant in this world of #BernieMadoff, #crypto and #NFT's, #Enron, #StockMarkets, #TooBigToFail, all the other cons and con artists we know and acknowledge as such, and all those very many others that are still considered legitimate.
As history proves, the bigger the con, the more people believe and want to get taken...
#EO, 2022, #DirectedBy#JerzySkolimowski, is a beautiful, moving, and deeply sad #movie that I can't recommend for everyone, but I recommend everyone watch.
I don't watch as many movies as I'd like on #TheCriterionChannel because most of the ones I choose require a level of #intellectual or #emotional investment, or both, that's been difficult for me since 2011, when my marriage imploded. I saw #Melancholia a few weeks later in the theater, which perfectly describes the movie and my mood then.
It was better than I expected, mostly because of #Fairuza's performance and is a rare #movie with four #female leads, who all behave badly (to very different extent, but still).
Not great #cinema, but good fun, for me, even with the bugs.