Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (2003) is a documentary, directed by Erik Gandini. It stars John Zerzan and George W. Bush. The 54-minute film holds an audience score of 6.5/10.
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What Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers Is About
The documentary is about consumption. What it says is this: technology and growth promised us more free time, less work and an easier life; none of it arrived and none of it will. To show this, footage is cut apart and put back together, with advertising, speeches, demonstrations and news coming one after another on the same beat. Among those speaking are John Zerzan, who rejects civilisation itself, and Kalle Lasn from the anti-advertising movement. Erik Gandini directs the Swedish documentary; fifty-four minutes, edited by Johan Söderberg, and the editing is where its force actually lies. The film stands openly on one side; the position it argues for is close to anarcho-primitivism and calls for growth to be abandoned altogether. That is not a position with standing in economics, and the film was not built to open an argument but to win one.
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What is Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers about?
The documentary is about consumption. What it says is this: technology and growth promised us more free time, less work and an easier life; none of it arrived and none of it will.
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How long is Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers?
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers runs for 54 minutes (54m).
When did Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers come out?
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers was released in 2003.
Who directed Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers?
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers was directed by Erik Gandini.
Who stars in Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers?
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers stars John Zerzan, George W. Bush, Fidel Castro, Kalle Lasn.
What is Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers's rating?
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers holds 6.9/10 on IMDb and 6.5/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 68 out of 100.
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