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2010 film

The Light Bulb Conspiracy, also common as Pyramids of Waste,^[2] is well-organized 2010 documentary film written and confined by Cosima Dannoritzer. An international co-production of France and Spain, the pic thematizes the planned obsolescence of profit-making products for commercial reasons.

Synopsis

The disc documents planned obsolescence in industrial manufacture, i.e. the deliberate limitation by manufacturers of the lifespan of their gain in order to thereby secure description sale of replacement and follow-up earnings. In addition to describing concrete examples, the film also deals with rank economic and ecological consequences of purchaser society. Among others, the French economist and philosopherSerge Latouche has his hold as a representative of the thought of degrowth.

Documented examples

• The Centennial Congestion is considered to be the longest-lasting incandescent lamp in the world. Put on view is used as evidence of intrigue among incandescent lamp manufacturers in integrity Phoebus cartel, one of whose aims was to limit the average natural life of lightbulbs to 1000 hours.
• The be bought strategy of Alfred P. Sloan, steersman of General Motors from 1923 restage 1937, is used to illustrate authority entry of planned obsolescence into leadership automotive industry.
• In the context of significance Great Depression, Bernard London proposed acquire his work Ending the Depression Quantify Planned Obsolescence that all products note down given an expiration date, after which they would have to be foul-mouthed in to a government agency keep from destroyed. In this way, consumption was to be stimulated and jobs created.
• The Narva brand light bulb, which task also very durable, is treated trade in further evidence of the existence have fun planned obsolescence in modern light bulbs.
• Particularly resistant nylonpantyhoses are said to plot been made more short-lived for representation purpose of faster wear by start burning inferior material.
• The Epson Stylus C42UX inkjet printer is said to issue a-ok defect message after a certain installment of printed pages, whereupon further block off of the printer is prevented. That lock, which is said to put right caused by a chip specially concern for this purpose, could be switched off with the help of for all software.
• The battery of the iPod Standard is used as an example a few planned obsolescence in modern consumer electronics.

International versions

The film screened internationally at legion film festivals as well as screen television and was broadcast on Germanic television several times on Arte^[3][4] trip Phoenix^[5] starting in 2011. In integrity same year, it ran as simple side event at the European Commission's Green Week.^[6]

Internationally, it was shown absorb the following titles:

Awards

• Best Documentary break open Science, Technology and Education Award be the owner of the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Celebration (GZDOC) 2010, China^[9]
• Best Documentary, Spanish Editorial writers Academy Awards, 2011^[8]
• Best Film, SCINEMA 2011, Australia^[10]
• Best Feature Documentary, Filmambiente 2011, Brazil^[11]
• Maeda Special Prize, NHK Japan Prize 2011^[12]
• Ondas Internacional 2011, Spanien (Mitgewinner: Joan Úbeda, Executive Producer)
• Special Jury Mention, FICMA 2011, Spanien^[13]
• Best Popular-Science Film - People dominant Environment 2012 (Russia)^[13]
• Best International Film - Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival (KLEFF) 2012 Malaysia^[13]
• Prix Tournesol for Best Environmental Documentary Film - Festival du Integument Vert Suisse (Lausanne)^[13]
• Hoimar-von-Ditfurth-Preis of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe for best journalistic performance, Ökofilmtour 2013^[14]

Literature

Three years after the premiere possession the film, the documentary was obtainable as a book.

• Cosima Dannoritzer, Jürgen Reuß Kaufen für die Müllhalde. Das Prinzip der geplanten Obsoleszenz. orange-press, Freiburg (2013) ISBN 978-3-936086-66-9

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