The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Documentary

The Light Bulb Conspiracy

7.6
75 min
2010
Cosima Dannoritzer

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

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