Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (2003)

★ 6.5 0h 54m IMDb
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Swedish documentary film on consumerism and globalization, created by director Erik Gandini and editor Johan Söderberg. It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency, more time and less work, and argues that these are not being fulfilled, and they never will be. The film leans towards anarcho-primitivist ideology and argues for "a simple and fulfilling life".

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers

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George W. Bush
George W. Bush as Self (archive footage) Age 79 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Before that he was the 46th Governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000..
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro as Self Died 2016 · Birán, Cuba Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideolog...
Kalle Lasn
Kalle Lasn as Self - Adbusters Age 84 · Tallinn, Estonia Kalle Lasn is an Estonian-Canadian film maker, author, magazine editor, and activist. Near the end of World War II, his family fled Estonia and Lasn spent some time in a German refugee camp. At age se...
Matt McMullen
Matt McMullen as Self - RealDoll Matt McMullen is an American CEO, creative director, and founder of RealDoll..
Bill Gates
Bill Gates as Self Age 70 · Seattle, Washington, USA William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Micr...
Director Erik Gandini
Cast John Zerzan, George W. Bush, Fidel Castro, Kalle Lasn, Matt McMullen, Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Tania

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