«The Wolf
of Wall Street» If the mark
of a truly significant artist is their
ability to continually provoke
and outrage
viewers in their later years instead
of falling into a complacent rut, then Scorsese once again proved himself to be a provocateur for the
ages with this jaw - dropping, eye - popping depiction
of the true story
of a crafty little weasel (Leonardo Di Caprio in what now stands as the performance
of his career) who created a billion dollar empire out
of selling crappy penny stocks
and subsequently rode it into the ground in a blaze
of greed, hubris
and more cocaine than «Scarface»
and «Boogie Nights» combined.
While Part I: Dreams addressed film's
ability to transport
viewers out
of their everyday lives
and into the darker recesses
of the imagination, Realisms explores the irony that in an
age where documenting «real life» is made ever easier, the line between fact
and fiction becomes increasingly complicated.