IVIV: Trust

[David Morris]

I just read the New Yorker's review of Soderbergh’s new movie "The
Informant," and it seems to fit brilliantly in with this Trust thread:

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/09/21/090921crci_cinema_denby

“The Informant!” turns out to be a comedy devoted to a series of
conundrums. Among many other things, why in the world does Whitacre
get exercised about price-fixing when he’s a man of dubious honesty
himself? After each of his whoppers is exposed, he wins our trust
again—we want to believe in him—then promptly loses it once more. By
the end, Soderbergh’s movie subverts common belief far more
effectively than some of the fantasy movies knocking around this
summer. It’s a vertiginous experience that grows increasingly
hilarious, and the joke is on us.

> On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:58 AM, Tore Rye Andersen wrote:
>>
>> "What, I should only trust good people? man, good people
>> get bought and sold every day. Might as well trust somebody
>> evil once in a while, it makes no more or less sense. I mean
>> I wouldn't give odds either way." (349)