13 de maio de 2008

Qual o filme que criou mais riqueza em toda a história do cinema?

Para quem gosta de cinema e de economia, aqui fica a resposta - Taxi Driver (1976), de Robert de Niro. Porquê? Porque inspirou uma tentativa de assassinato que, por sua vez, possibilitou a Ronald Reagan reduzir os impostos. Curioso, não?


The Travis Bickle Effect
By John Authers, 12 May 2008

What was the greatest wealth-creating film of all time? Titanic might be a popular guess, but the answer, according to Columbia University's Nobel laureate economist Robert Mundell, is Taxi Driver.
The 1976 classic, directed by Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro as the bitterly alienated protagonist, gave the world De Niro's catchphrase "You talking to me?," and also introduced a young Jodie Foster. But what does it have to do with the world economy?

Para ler em FT Alphaville

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