Instead of focusing on a big issue like “What’s going on with the Chinese economy?”, he prefers a smaller tale that stands for the whole. The China Hustle, of which he was an executive producer, is billed as “the biggest heist you’ve never heard of”. Using detailed research, unofficial footage and exclusive sources, he likes to probe the psychology of why good people do bad things.
His investigative documentaries are not so much about the numbers, as the people. Gibney is too entertaining to be sanctimonious - more agent provocateur than preacher.
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“What kind of message is that sending to a kid who got five years for stealing a TV set?”Īt the premiere of the Enron documentary in 2005 © Reuters Yet the US Department of Justice deemed HSBC “too big to jail” and the bank got off with a fine, which in Gibney’s book amounts to a slap on the wrist. “Cartel Bank”, the Dirty Money episode directed by Kristi Jacobson, tells the story of how one of the world’s largest banks, HSBC, laundered millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels. He argues that shifts in global power have left governments weak and allowed under-regulated multinational corporations to seize more power and influence. “Firstly, it’s because even after the crash of 2008, nobody was really held to account,” he says. Gibney believes there are good reasons why corporate stories are receiving more attention, from Billions for US cable channel Showtime, about a US attorney confronting a hedge fund chief, to a 2015 film like The Big Short. The 64-year-old, whose Jigsaw productions company is located right in the heart of Wall Street, learnt the art of raising money as a producer before becoming a director in late middle age.
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