Floored (2009)
- Directed by
- James Allen Smith
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows the floor traders of the Chicago futures exchange as their jobs are threatened by the rise of electronic trading. It shows their struggle to adapt to a changing industry.
observationalreflectivematter-of-factbittersweetanxiousnostalgicthoughtful
What happens
Floored is a 2009 documentary film about floor traders of the Chicago futures exchange trading floors, which were becoming obsolete due to electronic trading. Directed by James Allen Smith, the film runs for 77 minutes. The film was released in September 2009, as economies were recovering from the Great Recession and just before the 2010 flash crash. Ironically, the documentary was widely available on video sharing sites before its official "web premiere" on September 6, 2013. Critics have suggested a meta-fictional subtext to the documentary, linking the film's storyline about Chicago traders to the plight of independent filmmakers in a time of the declining influence of film festivals and the ubiquitousness of free internet content. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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