Boiler Room (2000)
- Information at Internet
Movie Database
-
Cinema in Focus,
a social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny Wayman.
- Chicago
Sun Times review - Roger Ebert.
- Movie
Parables review.
- Hollywood
Jesus visual review.
-
Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being.
- Themes
- Difficulty Discerning Evil/Moral
Ambiguity, Integrity, Seductive Power of Evil
- The "legitimacy" of Seth's illegal home
casino compared with his "legitimate" job as a
high-pressure salesman of questionable stock.
- "Because of the routine racism at the firm,
Seth observes it must not be a comfortable place for a black woman
to work. Abby points out she makes $80,000 a year and is supporting
a sick mother." (Roger Ebert, Chicago
Sun Times Review)
- Father Figures
- When Seth refers to [the] relationship [between him
and his father], his dad says: "Relationship? What
relationship? I'm not your girlfriend. Relationships are your
mother's shtick. I'm your father." (Roger Ebert, Chicago
Sun Times Review)
- (DVD ch 11) Seth tells about when he was a child
and fell off his bike.
- Greed
- "There's no honor in taking that after-school
job at Mickey D's. Honor is in the dollar, kid." (DVD ch 1)
- Seth's greed allows him to make money at the
expense of others without seeing the consequences to them.
- Honor/Integrity
- "There's no honor in taking that after-school
job at Mickey D's. Honor is in the dollar, kid." (DVD ch 1)
- Prodigal Son
- Seth strays from his father's values. His father
remains loyal to him at great cost to himself. Seth turns in the
company and returns to his father's value system.
- Truth/Lie
- "You can be anyone you want to be when you
sell on the phone."
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