The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
Original Title: Prêt-à-jeter
Documentary
7.6 (89 votes)
1h 15m
Overview
Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.
Details
- Director
- Cosima Dannoritzer
- Writer
- Cosima Dannoritzer
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Keywords
advertising
business
capitalism
conspiracy
consumerism
efficiency
ethics
greed
light bulb
printer
profit
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