The Light Bulb Conspiracy
Nov 30, 2010 | IMDB 7.5
75 min Watch NowDocumentary
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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Shock Doctrine
The Illuminati
Marjoe
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
Generation Sputnik
Conspiracy '58
What Would Jesus Buy?
The Natural History of Destruction
Tax Me If You Can
Beer Wars
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
In the same boat
The Codes of Gender
Terrorstorm
The Corporation
Who Took Johnny
The Flickering Flame
Les Survivantes
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama
Robert Newman's History of Oil
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The Shock Doctrine
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2007
Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.The Illuminati
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2005
THE ILLUMINATI draws on historical records, footage and photos which take the viewer on a voyage of discovery - it starts with the JFK assassination, through the dark depths of the two Gulf 'Wars', and brings you bang up to date with details of how members of the SKULL & BONES secret society engineered the 2000 and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Elections. This film takes you deep into the forests of Northern California with secretly filmed footage courtesy of ALEX JONES, exposing the Bohemian Club's annual rituals and mock sacrifices - ceremonies which have been attended for years by U.S. Presidents, Vice-Presidents and CEO's from the world's largest corporations. We then voyage deep into the heart of Westminster and expose the fact that Freemasonic temples exist within the House of Commons and that the Queen of England is Grand Patronness of International World Freemasonry.Marjoe
IMDB 7.6 | Jul , 1972
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IMDB 5 | Dec , 1991
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IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2016
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IMDB 5.8 | May , 2002
The greatest sport event in Sweden ever was without a doubt the soccer world cup of 1958. The film Conspiracy'58 is about the people who were there but most of all about the people who claim that it never took place at all.What Would Jesus Buy?
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 2007
A serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!The Natural History of Destruction
IMDB 7.3 | May , 2022
Is it morally acceptable to use the civilian population as yet another tool for waging war? Is it possible to justify death and destruction for the sake of supposedly lofty ideals? The question remains as pertinent today as it was at the beginning of World War II, and it is becoming increasingly urgent to answer, as countless tragedies have been caused by unethical political decisions.Tax Me If You Can
IMDB 7.8 | Dec , 2022
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IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2009
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IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2005
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.In the same boat
IMDB 8.1 | Aug , 2016
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IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2010
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IMDB 6 | Jun , 2006
Throughout history, regimes have used terror attacks as a means of control over their populations, and for the last 100 years, Western governments have employed the same measures.The Corporation
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 2003
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.Who Took Johnny
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2014
An examination of the infamous thirty-year-old cold case of Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch, the first missing child to appear on a milk carton. The film focuses on Johnny’s mother, Noreen Gosch, and her relentless quest to find the truth about what happened to her son. Along the way there have been mysterious sightings, bizarre revelations, and a confrontation with a person who claims to have helped abduct Johnny.The Flickering Flame
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1996
Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive support from around the world and seek solidarity at the TUC conference.Les Survivantes
IMDB 7.5 | May , 2024
Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack H. Obama
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2009
Fall Of The Republic documents how an offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the US economy by design. Leaders are now declaring that world government has arrived and that the dollar will be replaced by a new global currency.Robert Newman's History of Oil
IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 2006
Stand-up comedian Robert Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years, from WWI through to the 2003 invasion of Iraq; but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at school, this show places oil centre stage as the cause of all commotion. This innovative history programme is based around Robert Newman's stand-up act and supported by resourceful archive sequences and stills with satirical impersonations of historical figures from Mayan priests to Archduke Ferdinand.