Too Big To Fail Essay

In the film by CNN, “Too Big To Fail” , it depicts the leadings to the recession in the middle to late 2000’s. And in this film study I’ll be focused on the perspective of the Hank Paulson. The overall summary of the film is about the downfall of the major banks and how the government can keep them all from crumbling. Throughout the film you could say the banks are the antagonists, because they’re the ones needing help and but refusing to take offers to save them and keep the economy. Throughout the movie the protagonist would be Hank Paulson, former secretary of the U.S Treasury, and how he would try and make solutions to help the banks but they would always fail. The main conflict throughout the entire film was that most the major banks

Using this technique makes the subject look ‘bigger than life’ and therefore powerful. And in the movie Paulson is powerful so it only makes sense that we see him often from this angle. There was one scene that really stands in my mind, and that scene was in the beginning where we see one of the leader of one of the bigger banks stand in front of a wall of glass looking over a city skyline, probably New York, and this scene stands out to me because we see the urban jungle of a major city as well as it shows the uncertainty of the character. All while really showing off the blue hue of the entire film. One thing the movie did not get correct was the way they portrayed Paulson. In the movie the portrayed Paulson as a hero for saving the banks in a time of crises. But in reality he was the one who deregulated the banks in order to gain more money for himself. Then realizing what he’s done he had to quickly fix his actions. Overall though the film did a good job accurately showing how things went down chronologically. From the start of one bank failing to the toxic assets, and finally to the quick solution to the whole thing. They did it in order and clearly showed what