Adam McKay’s The Big Short is the Oscar-winning movie that holds up a microscope to the financial crisis of the mid-2000s that affected everyone’s lives.
As well as big names like Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale and Steve Carell, the other star of the movie is Wall Street itself.
The place is as iconic as it is infamous. We’ve seen it in countless films before and it has become a byword for money and excess. In this particular movie we see the dealings that go on behind the scenes, but also a flavour of what makes Wall Street tick.
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