Days after being announced as part of Cannes’ Special Screening selections (mostly a mix of documentary films), now comes the press release announcement that Sony Pictures Classics have been an integral part of the production to Charles Ferguson latest documentary. Titled Inside Job, Ferguson who tackled the much-maligned U.S foreign policy in No End in Sight, takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown with Matt Damon narrating. Here’s the official synopsis we’ve been waiting for:
INSIDE JOB is the first film to provide a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.
A former tech guy who parlayed developing stuff for the net to becoming a full-fledged docu filmmaker, we interviewed Ferguson at the time he was doing the media rounds for No End in Sight. At the time, the filmmaker had a couple of other ideas in the works, but this one sort of just fell on his laps and he then pitched it to SPC who helped produce the film. Unless the airline situation remains the same, we’ll be covering the film at Cannes next month.
