The Unreliable Narrator: Why The Informant! Still Has Us Guessing
But for a certain corner of the internet, the movie is forever linked with "YIFY"—the prolific (and now defunct) torrent group known for high-definition, small-file-size releases. Whether you first watched it in a theater or via a "YIFY" rip, the film remains a fascinating study of a man who couldn't stop lying, even to the people trying to save him. The Man, The Myth, The Lysine The Informant! YIFY
The Informant! is based on the absurdly true story of Mark Whitacre , a high-level executive at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Whitacre became the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in U.S. history when he exposed a worldwide conspiracy to fix the price of lysine, a food additive. The Unreliable Narrator: Why The Informant
Mark Whitacre is secretly rolling tape during a meeting of corporate honchos who are illegally fixing the price of food additives. The Real Informant - International Bipolar Foundation The Man, The Myth, The Lysine The Informant
If you were looking for a gritty, high-stakes corporate thriller along the lines of The Insider , Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 film The Informant! likely threw you for a massive loop. Instead of hushed conversations in parking garages, we got Matt Damon in a bad mustache, gained 30 pounds, rambling about the price of polar bear fur while blowing the whistle on a global price-fixing conspiracy.
The twist? While he was wearing a wire for the FBI for three years, he was simultaneously embezzling $9 million from the very company he was helping to take down. Why It’s a "Funny Movie with No Jokes"
Critics often describe the film as a "funny movie with no jokes". Soderbergh avoids the typical "heroic whistleblower" tropes, instead focusing on Whitacre’s increasingly delusional inner monologue. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. The Informant! - 4K