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Margin Call (9/9) Movie CLIP - It's Just Money (2011) HD

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A clip from the 2011 film Margin Call in which a firm's CEO, played by Jeremy Irons, tells a senior executive about the cycles of financial crashes. Kevin Spacey's character says he wants out, and the scene ends on the line that it is just money.

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HN shares it in bubble and crash threads as a memorable scene about market cycles and about information work versus physical labor.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2020–2023

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sharkweek · 2022-05 · Strong recommendation

Have you seen the movie Margin Call? There’s a great scene where the CEO of a Goldman-style bank is recapping the last 100+ years of global financial collapses and he mentions, “we just can’t help ourselves.” [VIDEO] One of the best banking movies I’ve ever seen. Jeremy Irons absolutely nails his role.

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ksec · 2023-01 · Recommendation

[VIDEO] - John Tuld ( Jeremy Irons ) If you haven't I do recommend watching the whole movie, or more like a mini documentary. Much Much better than the Big Short.

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ianceicys · 2022-07 · Recommendation

I'd love this scene from Margin Call. I'm not familiar with each of these economic crashes that are mentioned, and I'm curious about the percentages never changing....seems to be very true. [VIDEO] It's a great scene and line that's always stayed with me. "It's certainly no different today than it's ever been. 1637, 1797, 1819, 1837,1857, 1884, 1901, 1907, 1929, 1937, 1974, 1987, Jesus didn't that fuck me up good, 1992, 1997, 2000, and whatever we want to call this, it's all just the same thing over and over, and over again. *We can't help ourselves*. And you and I can't control or stop it, or even slow it. We just react. We make a lot of money if we get it right, and we get left by the side of the road if we get it wrong. There have always been, and they always will be *the same percentage of winners and losers*. Happy fucks and sad sacks, fat cats and starving dogs in this world. There may be more of us today than has ever been, but *the percentages they stay exactly the same.*"

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