The documentary movie Floored made its Chicago premiere this past weekend, and the trading floor won the sentimental vote over the black box from a trader-studded opening-night crowd.
Filmed mostly in Chicago, Floored tracks the experiences of open-outcry traders whose positions in the pits became obsolete when computers arrived.
A floor-friendly audience made its sentiments obvious. Feigned vomiting drew a laugh after a reference in the film to “the life and times of the upstairs trader.”
Chicagoan Kenny Ford similarly inspired hoots and cheers with his onscreen ranting about the computer making it “impossible to trade.”
His signature line: “I hate computers.”
Filmmaker James Allen Smith told the audience that after its run here at the Gene Siskel Film Center downtown, Floored will be shown in a half-dozen episodes this spring on the Internet and mobile TV site Babelgum.com.
From the audience, Ford shot back, “Now what about us who don’t know how to use a computer?” No word yet about the movie’s release on DVD.
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