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Recessionize! For Fun and Profit!

RECESSIONIZE! FOR FUN AND PROFIT! (Jamie Kastner, Canada). 56 minutes. Some subtitles. Rating: NN


Adopting the ironically cheerful, commercialized style of Andrew Nisker’s Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home and Chemerical, director Jamie Kastner zips around the globe examining how the world’s wealthiest people are coping with the ongoing economic crisis. (Turns out they’re barely feeling it, because they’re still incredibly wealthy.)

It’s a subject worth investigating, but beyond pointing out that multi-millionaires are only wasting tens of thousands on their creature comforts these days rather than hundreds of thousands, Kastner offers little insight or context – and his disgust at the sight of wealthy idiots pretending to tighten their belts feels increasingly awkward as he flies around the world interviewing them for his movie.

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