After watching ‘INSIDE JOB’ the Oscar nominated Documentary that tales a really close look at what brought about the global financial meltdown I really wanted to know more about Eliot Spitzer who, as New York State Attorney General had been the ONLY single person to actually do anything about curbing all the excess, malpractices and fraud on Wall Street.
Written and directed by award winning Alex Gibney (‘Taxi To The Dark Side’, ‘Enron, The Smartest Guys In The Room’), it follows the strange tale of how Eliot Spitzer an agressive reforming popular Democrat Governor was brought down and ultimately resigned when the FBI exposed a high class Escort Agency that he had been using on a regular basis. The fact that Spitzer was guilty of a moral lapse and deceit was never denied by him, and he speaks frankly on camera in some detail about the situation. The real question that the movie raises was the concept of a conspiracy by all the embittered tycoons who he had the courage to investigate and, in some cases institute criminal charges. Nothing is totally proven, but its difficult not to reach the same conclusion that Gibney’s movie does, and that there were undoubtedly some powerful people out to get Spitzer.
What I admired about the film was the fact it took great strides not to be piece of propaganda, and I came way feeling that the country had lost a great politician simply because of sex. After all, as the film points out President Clinton not only survived getting a b.j. in the Oval Office but he is today one of the most popular politicians in this country.
Spitzer is a very likable man and the only thing I found discomforting was that his favorite word that he repeats all the time is hubris, and yet something I think he was being slightly arrogant himself thinking he would never ever get found out.
Unmissable.
★★★★★★★★
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