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Després d'haver perdut la plantació familiar a mans dels creditors, Blanche DuBois viatja a Nova Orleans per anar a viure temporalment amb la seva germana petita Stella. En arribar es troba que l'Stella viu en un humil apartament i que el seu cunyat Stanley és un home vulgar de maneres grolleres, que contrasta amb l'educació refinada de Blanche. Tot i això, la Blanche provarà de refer la seva vida amb en Mitch, company i amic de l'Stanley. La tragèdia esclatarà quan Stanley esbrini alguns detalls de la vida passada de Blanche.

Documental sobre el cicle de vida dels béns i serveis, coproduïda per Espanya i França.

Basant-se en una acurada recerca de més de tres anys, i utilitzant imatges d'arxiu molt poc conegudes, Comprar, llençar, comprar relata la història de l'obsolescència programada des dels seus orígens cap a 1920 (quan es va formar un càrtel per limitar la vida útil de les bombetes elèctriques), bateries que s'esgoten al cap de 18 mesos de ser estrenades, impressores que es bloquegen en arribar a un nombre determinat d'impressions, entre altres. El documental mostra que, malgrat els avenços tecnològics, els productes de consum duren cada vegada menys.

May 10, 1940

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

January 12, 1946

This short tells the story of archery through the ages, mostly using Warner Brothers archive footage. Noted archer Howard Hill demonstrates his skills with various trick shots.

September 1, 2010

Rain pours and rubbish soars while light-bulb creatures party on the edge of the earth. A turn-of-the-century scientist in his chamber and a magic lantern child are concerned about the state of the planet. An ode to awareness and transformation, a global warning. —Fern Seiden

Edison's bright idea, or how the electric light bulb works?

A three-part film by Cao Fei. Part one, 'Imagination of Product', shows workers and machines at the OSRAM lightbulb factory in China's Pearl River Delta. In the second part, 'Factory Fairytale', dancers and musicians appear in the factory, as work continues around them. Finally, 'My Future is Not a Dream' consists of portraits of the factory workers facing Fei's camera.

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