The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
Prêt-à-jeter
The untold story of Planned Obsolescence
75 min
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.
- Release date
- November 30, 2010
- Country of origin
- Spain, France
- Music
- Marta Andrés, Joan Gil Bardagi
Where to watch
Free
Kanopy
Trailer
Cast
- Molly Malcolm as Narrator (English version)
- Michael Braungart as Himself
- Steve Bunn as Self - Collector
- Nicols Fox as Self - Essayist and Journalist
- Casey Neistat as Himself
- Richard Jones as Self - Livermore Lightbulb Committee
- Markus Krajewski as Self - Weimar's Bauhaus University
- Lynn Owens as Self
- Helmut Höge as Self - Lightbulbs Historian
- Warner Philips as Self - Great-grandson of the Founders of Philips
- Marcos López Merayo as Self - Computer Expert
Crew
- Thomas A. Edison · Archive footage
- Cosima Dannoritzer · Director
- Cosima Dannoritzer · Writer
- Marta Andrés · Composer
- Joan Gil Bardagi · Composer
- Marc M. Sarrado · Cinematographer
- Georgia Wyss · Editor