The Light Bulb Conspiracy

IMDb 7.6 2010 • 75 min • Documentary

Director

Cosima Dannoritzer

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Molly Malcolm
Molly Malcolm Narrator
Mike Anane
Mike Anane Himself
Michael Braungart
Michael Braungart Himself
Steve Bunn
Steve Bunn Himself
Nicols Fox
Nicols Fox Herself