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The Counterfeiters, A Complex Movie Filled With Moral Gotchas And The Prisoners' Dilema

Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 8:25am
Keywords: game theory, the counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters is an emotionally complex -- and often horrifying -- film about the prisoners' dilemma (literally and figuratively). A superbly acted and scripted cast of characters play out their intense moral conundrums: supporting the Nazis by printing currency for them; saving their lives while outside their compounds others are dying; and other situations in which solidarity and self interest lock horns, with no easy answers.

Ultimately, The Counterfeiters is a story about the way that fascism takes hold -- the way that Naziism was only made possible by all people being, in some small way, complicit; by choosing to save themselves instead of refusing to allow scapegoating, fear and war to rise.

I want to see this, sounds interesting.

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