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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Molly Malcolm, Mike Anane, Michael Braungart, Steve Bunn, Nicols Fox, Casey Neistat
Crew: Cosima Dannoritzer (Director), Cosima Dannoritzer (Writer), Patrice Barrat (Executive Producer), Joan Úbeda (Executive Producer), Marta Andrés (Music), Joan Gil Bardagi (Music)
Country: France, Spain
Language: Deutsch, Català, Español, Français, English
Studio: Media 3.14, ARTE France Cinéma, TV3, TVE
Runtime: 75 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 30, 2010
IMDb: 3.5
Keywords:capitalism, printer, greed, profit, conspiracy, business, consumerism, advertising, light bulb, ethics
