Matthew Zak
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What have you got?
The Most Inspiring Movie Scenes for Liberty.
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What have you got?
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The end of the new version of 'for liberty' 
Fuck Yeah!! Shenendoah-If anyone hasnt seen it, put it on your list-what a great film
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I don't have a clip to post but earlier today I was thinking about a scene from "Pretty Woman". In case you haven't seen it, the main characters are Vivian, a young prostitute (Julia Roberts), and Edward, a 40-something investment banker (Richard Gere), who get together by chance and eventually become real lovers.
It's a very entertaining film and in one early scene, Vivian, who has been trying to find out exactly what Edward does for a living, learns the truth, which is that Edward doesn't "make anything" and he doesn't "build anything" and she seems a bit flabbergasted by this information. By the end of the film, Edward has decided that what he does - buy up businesses and sell them off piecemeal, like "stealing cars and selling the parts" as Vivian puts it - is indeed non-productive and a source of life-oppressing consternation for him, and, much to the dismay of his attorney, Edward partners with the owner of a large company he's been trying to buy, so they can "build ships together - great big ships."
The thing is, I've had a sort of fixation about that movie, wondering what it was about the story that made me want to watch it again and again. And this is it: The message is that financial speculation isn't what drives an economy, and the people engaged in it aren't happy and really are only half alive. This theme is woven throughout the script. No wonder it became a classic.
It's a very entertaining film and in one early scene, Vivian, who has been trying to find out exactly what Edward does for a living, learns the truth, which is that Edward doesn't "make anything" and he doesn't "build anything" and she seems a bit flabbergasted by this information. By the end of the film, Edward has decided that what he does - buy up businesses and sell them off piecemeal, like "stealing cars and selling the parts" as Vivian puts it - is indeed non-productive and a source of life-oppressing consternation for him, and, much to the dismay of his attorney, Edward partners with the owner of a large company he's been trying to buy, so they can "build ships together - great big ships."
The thing is, I've had a sort of fixation about that movie, wondering what it was about the story that made me want to watch it again and again. And this is it: The message is that financial speculation isn't what drives an economy, and the people engaged in it aren't happy and really are only half alive. This theme is woven throughout the script. No wonder it became a classic.
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Oh, and let's not forget the hilarious political satire from 1979, Being There. The entire film is a backhanded paean to liberty.
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Don't forget this truth bomb on the media, 35 years old now, but more relevant than ever.
[video=vimeo;15732082]http://vimeo.com/15732082[/video]
[video=vimeo;15732082]http://vimeo.com/15732082[/video]
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I will just say that Michael Milken was highly creative, productive, and a hero. In other words, I completely disagree with the message that has captured your heart.
Takeover artists perform an extremely valuable service on the market. Buying a company and splitting it into little pieces can increase the overall efficiency and productivity of the pieces dramatically. Just as merging smaller companies into one larger one can sometimes increase their overall efficiency and productivity.
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