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The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)

Βαθμολογία: 8.1/10 (2117)

Είδος ταινίας: Documentary

Σκηνοθεσία: Cosima Dannoritzer

Σενάριο: Cosima Dannoritzer

Ηθοποιοί: Mike Anane, Michael Braungart, Steve Bunn, Nicols Fox

Πρεμιέρα (US): 29/10/11

Πρεμιέρα (GR): 29/10/11

Χώρα παραγωγής: Spain | France

Υπόθεση:

Once upon a time... products were made to last. Then, at the beginning of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following insight: 'A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business' (1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born. Shortly after, the first worldwide cartel was set up expressly to reduce the life span of the incandescent light bulb, a symbol for innovation and bright new ideas, and the first official victim of Planned Obsolescence. During the 1950s, with the birth of the consumer society, the concept took on a whole new meaning, as explained by flamboyant designer Brooks Stevens: 'Planned Obsolescence, the desire to own something a little newer, a little better, a little sooner than is necessary...'. The growth society flourished, everybody had everything, the waste was piling up (preferably far away in illegal dumps in the Third World) - until consumers started rebelling...

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