The Light Bulb Conspiracy

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

Status

Released

Release date

November 30, 2010

Original language

French

Spoken languages

German, Catalan, Spanish, French, English

Countries

France, Spain

Production

TV3,TVE,ARTE France Cinéma,Media 3.14

Cast

Molly Malcolm,Mike Anane,Michael Braungart,Steve Bunn,Nicols Fox,Casey Neistat

Director

Cosima Dannoritzer

Writer

Cosima Dannoritzer

Producer

Patrice Barrat,Joan Úbeda

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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