The three narratives are linked by the shrewd Vennett who ‘informs’ the viewers of the film and confuses them intentionally.Īdam McKay wants to enlighten and infuriate the public with his portrait of those who profited from the 2008 financial collapse. In the third storyline two eager young investors decide to become involved in the credit default swaps and they are successfully mentored by retired banker Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt).

With the last two persons a second storyline develops. He develops a short-selling investment strategy and that is what catches the attention of stockbroker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) and traumatized hedge fund manager Mark Baum (Steve Carell). He predicts the market to collapse in around 2007 and decides to profit from this situation. It is based on ‘subprime’ loans of high risk and providing fewer and fewer returns. The autistic portrayed hedge fund manager Michael Burry (Christian Bale) discovers in 2005 that the U.S. Three storylines are developed in this film. Types of impudent personalities that thrive in a chaotic environment. All of the male characters are clearly defined by bizarre traits that serve to show the types of impudent personalities that thrive in such a chaotic environment. Their flamboyant performances are what make The Big Short watchable. Their roles are played by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell and Brad Pitt. Lewis is following those few who believed the bubble would burst, and who figured out how to profit from it. His book, like the film adaptation, spans the years leading up to the 2008 crash. Lewis writes about the financial crisis of 2008, a crisis triggered by the build-up of the housing market and the credit bubble. It is based on the non-fiction book of Michael Lewis The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (2010). The big short is a comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. Not surprisingly in America, Hollywood revisits the economic ‘bubble’ created by mortgage dealers and reckless -too big to fail- banks. It expanded into a worldwide financial and economic crisis. The 2008 financial crisis left millions in the United States unemployed and without homes.

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