剛剛看了《華爾街-2 金錢不眠(Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps)》,不錯。 前幾天在曼哈頓,特地又去華爾街轉了一圈,正趕上占領華爾街的歷史性群眾運動方興未艾,百年不遇。此事詳見遊記《一葉知秋華爾街-紐約波士頓秋探(一)》。 因為N年前也曾在證券公司打過幾年滾,從美國回到家後餘興尚濃,又找出20多年前日本留學時期看過的電影《華爾街》重溫了一遍,意外發現去年又拍了續集《華爾街-2 金錢不眠》(就是邁克爾在劇里老念叨的:“錢可不會睡覺”),因為當時正值全球性的金融風暴,在國內也作為大片上演了。邁克爾道格拉斯和一個娃娃臉的男孩主演,和“1”一樣仍然非常精彩。未看之前那種感覺,就像當年看《教父 1》錄像帶,然後聽說還有2和3,就沒了魂般地去找。。。後來又在不同場合看過兩遍全3集教父,仍和“如初見”般過癮。 時過境遷,這部“2”里也與時俱進,在曼哈頓上流俱樂部里,隨處可見腰纏萬貫的中國金融家、投資家的身影,據說潘石屹的老婆也玩票了一把,不過裡邊中國富婆的面孔有好幾個,我沒認出誰是誰。 這2部電影裡邁克爾道格拉斯都常愛念叨這句作為他格言的非常有名的話:“ Greed is good (貪婪是好事)”,它既形象說明了人性的殘酷但卻仍有希望的本質、幾個 主角愛的承諾、因貪婪而欺騙、背叛、直至良心發現返璞歸真,也可以解釋華爾街的 緣起、1%和99%的來歷,以及今天華爾街被占領的原因。。。 當他因為欺騙女兒和利用准女婿弄到手那1億塊錢時,准女婿說:“你究竟要多少錢才會罷手?只認錢的人絕不會有富足感” ,而他卻冷酷地對這個號稱華爾街神童小子說:“你永遠也不會明白,這跟錢沒關係,這是遊戲,人跟人之間的遊戲。” 當年的“1”裡邊有一段道格拉斯在股東大會上出彩的講演,他很大程度憑藉這個講演拿下當年的奧斯卡影帝。今天的“2”中,可能導演為了讓觀眾圓個“好事成雙”的夢,安排他又來了一次出獄講演,同樣出彩: 你們就要完蛋了。你們還不知道。但是你們處於忍者時代,沒錢要忍耐,沒有工作要忍耐,沒有資產也要忍耐,未來還有很長的路等着你們。 有人提醒我,我曾經說過:“貪心是好事”,現在看來貪心是合法的。 我的酒保因為貪心,買了三間他付不起的房子,沒錢付貸款。你們的父母因為貪心,把房子多貸款五萬塊,把多出來的錢拿去購物中心,買等離子電視、手機、電腦、SUV,那麼既然如此,為何不再買一間房子?因為我們都知道美國的房價只漲不跌,對吧? 貪心讓這個國家的政府,在9/11時間之後,將利率降到百分之一,以促進全民消費。有很多信用公司和機構的名稱誕生了,CMO、CDO、SIV、ABS。世界上真的懂得這些簡稱的人十根手指都能數出來。我來告訴你們這些代表什麼,這些代表了大規模殺傷性武器。 我在監獄的時候,世界上的貪念,加上渴望,像雪球越滾越大。投機性的投資團體每年賺五千萬至一億以上。銀行家看到了,羨慕的說:“我的生活好無聊。”於是他決定用你的錢,把利息提高40%,50% 到 100%。你的錢,不是他的錢,是你的,因為他有權利。是你要去借錢,而他不用。這筆生意的美妙之處在於,沒有人需要負責任,因為大家都相信同一套謊言。 各位,在去年一年,金融服務業的獲利占全美國公司總共的百分之四十,而非製造業,跟美國大眾的需求一點關係也沒有。事實上,我們都已經深陷其中了,銀行、消費者,我們都盲目地花錢。拿一塊錢,注射很多類固醇,稱之為“槓桿作用”,我叫它“類固醇投資”。 我在金融業還算是個聰明的傢伙,或許是我坐牢坐太久了,但也許監獄是唯一讓人頭腦清醒的地方。從牢房的欄杆往外望,說:“喂!外面的人都腦殼壞掉了嗎?” 聰明人就會清楚明白,投機是萬惡之源,最終的結局,就是以小博大而欠債,無止盡的貸款。我很不願意告訴你們,但這是破產的典範,這是一條不歸路。這是系統性,全球性的惡性循環,就像癌症,它是一種病,而我們需要去抵抗。要如何抵抗?要怎麼使用金錢來對自己有利?我來告訴你,四個字,買我的書! You are all pretty much fucked. You don’t know it yet, but you are the ninja generation. No income, no job, no assets. You’ve got a lot to look forward to. Someone reminded me the other evening that I once said “greed is good”. Now it seems it is legal. But it is greed that makes my bartender buy three houses, he cannot afford with no money down. And it is greed that makes your parents refinance their $200,000 dollar house for $250,000. Then they take the extra $50,000 go down the mall. They buy a plasma TV, cell phones, computers, a SUV, hey, why not a second home while we are at it. And we all know the prices of houses in America always go up, right? And it is greed that makes the government of this country cut the interest rates to 1% after 9/11 so we can all go shopping again. They got all these fancy names for trillions of dollars for credit, CMO, CDO, SIV, ABS. You know I honestly think there are only 75 people in the world who know what they are. But I will tell you what they are. They are WMDs, Weapons of mass destruction. When I was away, it seemed that greed got greedier with a little bit of envy mixed in. Hedge fund’s just walking home with $50 to $100 million bucks a year. So Mr. Banker looks around and he says my life looks pretty boring. So he starts to leverage his interest up to 40%, 50% to 100% with your money not his, yours, because he could. You are supposed to be borrowing not them. And the beauty of the deal is no one is responsible. Because everybody is drinking the same cool-aid. Last year ladies and gentlemen, 40% of all American corporate profits came from the financial services. Not production, not anything remotely to do with the needs of the American public. The truth is we are all part of it now. Banks, consumers are moving the money around in circles. We take a buck, we shoot it full of steroids and we call it leverage. I call it steroid banking. Now I have been considered a pretty smart guy when it comes to finance. Maybe I was in prison too long, but sometimes it is the only place to stay sane, and look out from the bars and say, hey is everyone out there nuts? It is clear as a bell to those who pay attention. The mother of all evil is speculation. Leverage debts, the bottom line is, it is borrowing to the hilt. And I hate to tell you this, but it is a bankrupt business model. It won’t work. It is systemic, malignant, and it’s global. Like cancer, it is a disease. And we got to fight back. How we going to do that? How we are going to leverage that disease, back in our favor? I will tell you, three words, buy my book! 這是第一集的海報,一老一小2個男人同迷1個女人。。。   華爾街,風度翩翩的邁克爾從紐約證交所走出來。遠處街的盡頭是聖三一大教堂,據說華爾街的金融騙子做了一周的惡,周末就會去那裡懺悔一把。  導演: 奧利佛·斯通 主演: 邁克爾·道格拉斯 / 希亞·拉博夫 / 喬什·布洛林 / 凱瑞·穆里根 / 弗蘭克·蘭格拉 / 蘇珊·薩蘭登 類型: 劇情, 犯罪 地區: 美國 片長: 133分鐘, 136分鐘(Cannes Film Festival) 在“風行”可以看到高清版。 預告片 |