The renowned filmmaker visited USC’s Annenberg School for Communication on March 3 to talk with Truthdig editors Robert Scheer and Kasia Anderson and their students about “Wall Street,” his 1987 classic — suddenly all too relevant again — and to give a panoramic take on his body of work and what the future holds for the movie industry.

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