Wall Street 2: As Inspirational as the Original Wall Street?
Ok so we have the City, but a lot of you went there because of Wall Street…
But that really wasn’t the idea.
Vanity Fair: Oliver Stone’s 1987 Wall Street succeeded brilliantly in capturing a culture, and failed miserably as a call for change. To the director’s dismay, thousands of financial hotshots dreamed of becoming Gordon Gekko—and the rest is recent history.
So the question is, will Wall Street 2 inspire a new generation to don a suit and plunge themselves into the world of finance? If it triggers the same nerves as the first one then it’s inevitable; but they should heed this warning:
…not long before hedge-fund manager Seth Tobias was found dead in his Florida swimming pool, with an unlucky mixture of cocaine, Ambien, and alcohol in his bloodstream, he gave an interview for Wall Street’s DVD bonus reel, in which he said, “I remember when I saw the movie in 1987. I recall saying, That’s what I want to be. I want to start out as Bud Fox and end up as Gordon Gekko.”
As for the film, we can’t deny; we’re waiting with baited breath.
