The Wizard of Lies - a brilliant movie about the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme fraud in 2008, played brilliantly by Robert de Niro. All characters in the film have played solid roles especially the elder son Mark who so tragically commits suicide in 2010. The film does not dwell too much on the victims of the crime or the machinations of the crime, but more on the family and the angst that they had to suffer because of the crime committed by Bernie. Neither his wife Ruth nor his two sons knew anything about the crime, yet they were hounded by the media and would have probably lost all their assets as well. Michelle Pfeiffer as the wife has essayed a brilliant role. That's the central theme of the movie - effect of a crime on the family of the crime perpetrator. Wonder why there has been no movie on the innumerable Indian financial frauds and scams so far.
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Monday, September 18, 2017
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