Wall Street [1988]

This movie starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, directed by Oliver Stone is about a young stockbroker who is hungry and impatient, and will do anything to make it to the top and is taken under the wing of a rich and greedy corporate raider that is dealing illegally with inside information. The young stockbroker becomes involved with the illegal dealings, and gets tricked into running his hard working father out of business buy Michael Douglas, and then has to find a way to get his own back.

The film in my view is brilliant, continually showing how the stock market works. I know this has not much to with design, but if you're interested in how money and stocks work, its a must see. The film shows how greed can take over a person, and how it is like a drug, and shows what money with this greed can cost you. The film questions whether money is the root of all evil, and are you willing to sell your sell to the devil.

The movie has some brilliant quotes like 'every dream has a price' and 'greed is good'. The film depicts the 80's American lifestyle, drugs, greed, the importance of assets and seems to be captured well in my view within the characters and the classic images of business men wearing suits that add to an opening montage for the film. I noticed when watching the film it does not have have much of a soundtrack, and I feel that this adds to the tension and atmosphere, creating an overall tone of voice for the film. There is a great deal of techno talk within the film that gets confusing in the film at times, but the story is simple to understand in spite of this.

I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a business movie, and be prepared for devious thinking.