The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid2009

Stars: Pete Postlethwaite, Jeh Wadia, Alvin DuVernay, Layefa Malini
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Rating: NOT RATED
Runtime: 92 minutes

The Age of Stupid is a 2009 British documentary film by Franny Armstrong, director of McLibel (1997) and Drowned Out (2002), and founder of 10:10, and first-time producer Lizzie Gillett. The executive producer is John Battsek, producer of One Day i… more »



Narratress of archived footage:
Lots of ideas have tried to take over the world. But there's only one winner:

archived footage:
[in BIG sparkling letters] *CONSUMERISM*

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3,000 adverts bombard us every day, telling us we'd be happier and more attractive if only we'd buy their product. Together they create within us an insatiable desire to buy more and more stuff. Americans have been advertized at longest, and they now each consume twice as much energy as a European, nine times more than a Chinese person, and 50 times as much as someone from Kenya.

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