Overview
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.
Production
Media 3.14 · ARTE France Cinéma · TV3 · TVE
Cast & Characters
Molly Malcolm
Narrator
Mike Anane
Himself
Michael Braungart
Himself
Steve Bunn
Himself
Nicols Fox
Herself
Casey Neistat
Himself
Directors & Crew
Cosima Dannoritzer
Writer
Cosima Dannoritzer
Director
Screenshots & Stills
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