What's the difference between American crap and French crap? American crap, like the Wall Street movie, makes some sense. The French crap, the Costa Gavras's Capital, makes absolutely no sense. That movie states that there are only two evils in the world: America and the banks. Regarding America the case is clear. The Gaul's pride, humiliated and still not recovered since WWII, always pushes French movie creators to show the better French people and the superior life in Paris in comparison to New-York. This movie is no different. Full of clichés, it paints Americans as greedy, unscrupulous and dishonest people. And, of course, the bad Americans are planning to cause a new crisis in Europe. The case of banks is more complicated. How the movie paints the banking system? Because of it people lose their jobs, and the rich bankers rob the poor people. And this is the French crap that doesn't make sense. It's absolutely sure that Costa-Gavras, like billions of people around the world, has a check book and a credit card, and at some time in his life took out a mortgage or a private loan. Banks create jobs, not kill them! Banks help to fund businesses, they allow the poor to buy a house with a mortgage, to purchase a car, to finance the kid's education, to get a loan to improve the house. Banks pay interest on the savings. Would Costa-Gavras prefer to keep his money in cash under the pillow? Of course, banks make money, but not many people in the world are ready to work without having some profit. Banks are not the ultimate evil like Costa-Gavras wants to convince us, and capital plays rather positive role in the world affairs. On the artistic side the movie is primitive and absolutely unbelievable. It's a caricature of real life. Dull and unimpressive movie.
Review of Capital
