Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers (2003)

Director: Erik Gandini Producer: Johan Söderberg, Erik Gandini Genre: Documentary / Art House Film Country: Sweden Language: Swedish / Spanish / English / AR / CN / DE / EN / ES / FR / HI / IT / JP / PT / RO / RU subtitles The consumerism totally consumed us. Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers from 2003 is a film odyssey about the destructive sides of consumer culture and described as “a global doomsday satire set to music”. It used the language of music video, propaganda and commercial advertising as a response to the forces of globalization. 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? Surplus’ approach is to portray this issue from an emotional rather than a factual perspective.