Shop 'til you drop the crisis of consumerism

DVD 2010

"Are we too materialistic? Are we willfully trashing the planet in our pursuit of things? And what's the source of all this frenetic consumer energy and desire anyway? In a fast-paced tour of the ecological and psychological terrain of American consumer culture, Shop 'Til You Drop challenges us to confront these questions head-on. Taking aim at the high-stress, high-octane pace of fast-lane materialism, the film moves beneath the seductive surfac...

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Advertising Social aspects United States

Consumer behavior United States

Consumption (Economics) United States

Materialism Social aspects United States

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ISBN:

9781932869408
1932869409

Edition:

[Educational version]

Description:

1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
stereo
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Shop until you drop [DVD]
Crisis of consumerism [DVD]
Consume this movie!

Notes:

Special features: director's cut: "Consume This Movie!" (80 min.)
Original title: "Consume This Movie!"; originally released in 2008; re-titled for the European TV and American educational markets as "Shop 'Till You Drop."
Cinematography and sound recording, Jeff Deveraux ; original music, Jonah Sharp
Narrator, Alex Peterson ; commentators, Peter Whybrow, Juliet B. Schor, Cecile Andrews, Duane Elgin, Chris Jordan, James B. Twitchell, Julian Darley, and others
Licensed for public performance
DVD, NTSC
In English with yellow optional English subtitles

Contents:

Shop 'til you drop
Consume this movie!

Control Number:

824847

UPC:

897952001274

Other Authors:

Andrews, Cecile
Brockhoff, Gene, producer, director
Darley, Julian, 1958-
Elgin, Duane
Jordan, Chris, 1963-
Media Education Foundation
Peterson, Alex, narrator
Schor, Juliet
Spacetime Continuum, composer
Twitchell, James B., 1943-
Well Crafted Films
Whybrow, Peter C

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