The Light Bulb Conspiracy
“The untold story of Planned Obsolescence”
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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.
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Edited by Georgia WyssShot by Marc M SarradoScored by Marta Andres
Also known as
- Kaufen für die Müllhaldede
- Comprar, tirar, comprares
- Prêt à jeterfr
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15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Richard Jones
as Self - Livermore Lightbulb Committee
Molly Malcolm
as Narrator (English version)
Steve Bunn
as Self - Collector
Markus Krajewski
as Self - Weimar's Bauhaus University
Lynn Owens
as Self
Thomas A Edison
as Self - Inventor
Helmut Hoge
as Self - Lightbulbs Historian
Warner Philips
as Self - Great-grandson of the Founders of Philips
Nicols Fox
as Self - Essayist and Journalist
Marcos Lopez Merayo
as Self - Computer Expert
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