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| ⚫ | '''''Floored''''' is a 2009 [[documentary film]] about the people and business of the [[Chicago]] [[trading floor]]s. The film focuses specifically on several Chicago [[floor trader]]s who have been impacted by the [[electronic trading]] revolution and whose jobs have been threatened by the use of [[computer]]s in the trading world. Directed by [[James Allen Smith]], the file runs 77 minutes. |
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| ⚫ | '''''Floored''''' is a [[documentary film]] about the people and business of the [[Chicago]] [[trading floor]]s. The film focuses specifically on several Chicago [[floor trader]]s who have been impacted by the [[electronic trading]] revolution and whose jobs have been threatened by the use of [[computer]]s in the trading world. |
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The film has become particularly relevant in light of the U.S. [[Financial crisis of 2007-2009|financial crisis of 2009]]; Greg Burns of the [[Chicago Tribune]] has said of the film's director, "By dealing with hard times in the workplace, Smith taps into a vein running through millions of lives in this brutal [[recession]], as the nation’s [[unemployment rate]] soars toward 10 percent" <ref>[Burns, G.: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jun/29/business/chi-mon-burns-column-moviejun29 "Director of Trader Films Makes A Documentary for Hard Times"].</ref> |
The film has become particularly relevant in light of the U.S. [[Financial crisis of 2007-2009|financial crisis of 2009]]; Greg Burns of the [[Chicago Tribune]] has said of the film's director, "By dealing with hard times in the workplace, Smith taps into a vein running through millions of lives in this brutal [[recession]], as the nation’s [[unemployment rate]] soars toward 10 percent" <ref>[Burns, G.: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jun/29/business/chi-mon-burns-column-moviejun29 "Director of Trader Films Makes A Documentary for Hard Times"].</ref> |
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*[http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/movies/07floored.html Review: Chicago’s Open-Outcry Traders] New York Times. 2010-05-07 |
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Revision as of 18:38, 26 March 2011
Floored is a 2009 documentary film about the people and business of the Chicago trading floors. The film focuses specifically on several Chicago floor traders who have been impacted by the electronic trading revolution and whose jobs have been threatened by the use of computers in the trading world. Directed by James Allen Smith, the file runs 77 minutes.
The film has become particularly relevant in light of the U.S. financial crisis of 2009; Greg Burns of the Chicago Tribune has said of the film's director, "By dealing with hard times in the workplace, Smith taps into a vein running through millions of lives in this brutal recession, as the nation’s unemployment rate soars toward 10 percent" [1]
Critics have suggested a meta-fictional subtext to the documentary, linking the film's storyline about Chicago traders to the plight of independent filmmakers in a time of the declining influence of film festivals and the ubiquitousness of free internet content [2]
Notes
- ^ [Burns, G.: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jun/29/business/chi-mon-burns-column-moviejun29 "Director of Trader Films Makes A Documentary for Hard Times"].
- ^ Sears, S.: "Going Hollywood in Chicago".
- Review: Chicago’s Open-Outcry Traders New York Times. 2010-05-07