There’s a scene in “The Founder,” the new film about how Ray Kroc established the McDonald’s fast-food empire, during which Kroc explains his business philosophy. “There’s this dichotomy that he’s a visionary and a leech,” says Robert D. Siegel, who wrote the screenplay for director John Lee Hancock’s film. What he wanted to do with McDonald’s was as revolutionary as the brothers’ idea in changing the way food is produced.”“The Founder” is the latest example of how business people and business in general have been portrayed in the movies. And from “Citizen Kane” to “Wall Street,” “Margin Call” to “Steve Jobs,” it has not, for the most part, been a pretty picture. Films like “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Big Short,” “Equity,” “Margin Call,” several projects about Bernie Madoff, and many more, are catnip for filmmakers.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2017 18:00 UTC