Not a very good start, I thought. I felt about my own decidedly avaricious lifestyle. Filmmakers John de Graaf and Vivia Boe rather dramatically show just how desperately we pursue the American Dram. A collection of vintage television commercials and corporate training films demonstrates how consumers have been manipulated to buy, buy, buy. Interspersed are scenes of jam-packed shopping malls, weary shoppers, endless lines of traffic, and overflowing landfills.
Various experts discuss the problem.
Everything I own owns me. It needs to bring in consumers. And quite tragically it brings in consumers at any price. Others are more innovative. Quite a thought-provoking show, really, and when it was over I decided to adopt a few measures of my own, beginning with no more Christmas bonuses for the hired help.