Surplus - Terrorized Into Being Consumers - XviD AC3 JB

Surplus - Terrorized Into Being Consumers by Erik Gandini & Johan Söderberg (This AVI file has two subtitle files for English and Français subtitles) For other languages: Spanish, Portugues, Italiano, Svenska, download from here larger DVD file with these language subtitles. Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today? How come the privilege of buying goods does not automatically lead to happiness? Why all this emptiness despite our wealth? Erik Gandini's approach through Surplus is to portray this issue from an emotional rather than a factual perspective. Shot in the US, India, China, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Canada and Cuba during three years. Surplus is the result of a complicated editing process by talented music composer/editor/percussionist Johan Söderberg. George W Bush's famous "shopping-speech" calling for a war against terrorism that deters the nation from the fear of consumption. Castro responding with hymns to the anti-consumerist, advertising-free island of Cuba. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer preaching that the computer will give us peace on earth "bringing people together" while Adbuster Kalle Lasn warns that advertising pollutes us mentally, that over-consumption is unsustainable and that we are running out of oil. Surplus main man is John Zerzan, controversial philosopher whose call for PROPERTY DAMAGE has inspired many to take to the streets. "That is not violence. Sitting there doing dope and watching MTV . Then you go and get a job. Just schlep along. To me that is violence," says Zerzan. "We are terrorized into being consumers." In November 2003 Surplus was awarded with the most prestigious prize a Documentary can get, The Silver Wolf at Amsterdam's IDFA, and has spread widely around the globe since then. "... This film about consumerism totally consumed us. It used the language of music video, propaganda and commercial advertising as a response to the forces of globalisation. It fights fire with fire. The questions it raises are ultimately more important than any answers it might suggest. And we believe audiences can only profit from the debate that will ensue. For its originality, sense of humour, irony, forcefulness and visual virtuosity, the Silver Wolf Award goes to SURPLUS." The Jury of the International Documentary Filmfestival in Amsterdam, Nov.2003. Awards 2003-2004 -First prize at the 2003 IDFA-Amsterdam Silver Wolf Competition. -Nominated for the 2003 Guldbaggen, the "Swedish Oscar", as best documentary film. -Award best use of sound and music at the 2004 One World documentary Film Festival, Prague Czech Republic. -Jurys mention at the 2004 DocAviv, Documentary Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel. -Second best short film at the 2004 Ecocinema International Film Festival, Rhodes, Greece -First prize as "greatest of all productions" at 2004 FICA, the International Festival of Environmental Film, Goias, Brazil. -Audience Award at Vila do Conte, International Short Film Festival , Portugal, July 2004. -Two Special Mentions at the Torino Environmental Film Festival, October 2004 http://www.atmo.se/zino.aspx?articleID=382 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368314/