

The Light Bulb Conspiracy
The untold story of Planned Obsolescence
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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- Language
- Catalan
- capitalism
- printer
- greed
- profit
- conspiracy
- business
- consumerism
- advertising
- light bulb
- ethics
- efficiency
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ChinaCN
- Theatrical10 Dec 2010
FranceFR
- PremiereU26 Nov 2010
IrelandIE
- Theatrical4 Jan 2011
NorwayNO
- Theatrical30 Nov 2010
SpainES
- Theatrical16 Dec 2010
SwitzerlandCH
- Theatrical6 Feb 2011
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The Light Bulb Conspiracy was released on 30 November 2010.
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