I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed — for lack of a better word — is good.
Greed is right.
Greed works.
Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.
Greed, in all of its forms — greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind.
And greed — you mark my words — will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.~Gordon Gekko’s famous speech in the film ‘Wall Street”
The 1987 film ‘Wall Street’ was meant to satirize the excesses of Reagan’s America. Yet Gordon Gekko, the crooked corporate raider portrayed by Michael Douglas in an Academy Award winning role, has become an inspirational figure to many working on Wall Street. The film’s stars, as well as its director Oliver Stone, have all been somewhat surprised by fans who claim the “Greed is Good” speech actually motivated them to make money.
Well, this week in New York, Stone and crew begin filming the sequel, ‘Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.’ Gekko will be back after serving his time in jail. And according to a report in the New York Times, the film will be set within our system that just collapsed. The Federal Reserve, rather than the Stock Exchange, could be the film’s focal point.
But although times change, greed remains. So how do you think the “Greed is Good” mantra will be updated in the sequel? Ultimately, how will this economic era be represented by Hollywood, which often beats historians to the punch? Share your thoughts and predictions below.
