经典的电影瞬间 - 2

Wall Street 1987

Director: Oliver Stone

Gordon Gekko's speech on Greed.

Some excerpt:

"... 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."


评：Gordon Gekko这段关于Greed的演说，或许比Wall Street这部片子还要出名。Michael Douglas的表演也比这段演说词更为精彩。

Oliver Stone的这部片子取材于Wall Street 80年代有名的insider trading丑闻，而Gordon Gekko的原型就是丑闻的主角之一，the notorious arbitrageur: Ivan Boesky。而Greed的说法也是Boesky最早在Berkeley的一次毕业演说里面提到的，当然，面无表情的Boesky自然不会有Douglas的演说技巧，据说这次毕业演说枯燥无比，只是Boesky在快结尾的时候提到的这些话，被Oliver Stone添油加醋，再经Douglas的精彩演绎，让它声名远扬。感兴趣的可以看看James Stewart的Den of Thieves。