Future Shock (1972) 1/5

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This is a little known documentary based on the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. See review here: http://oddculture.com/2004/11/13/movie-review-future-shock/ This movie came out in 1972 and features Orson Welles as the narrator. I was most amused by the high amount of paranoia in regards to the future... some of the segments (like people choosing their own skin color) are downright hilarious. Worth a look - at the very least for its historical value. As far as I can tell, this documentary is in the public domain. Part 1 of 5

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: May 4, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Author: invasive

Length: 0:09:58
Rating: 4.59
Views: 41,651

Tags: future shock alvin toffler Orson Welles documentary 70s paranoia movie film short

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Video Comments:
thaltrego (Saturday 11th of October 2008 02:02:45 AM)
macha thanx for the video i have been a great fan of Alvin Toffler..
minztee23 (Friday 3rd of October 2008 11:50:44 AM)
This book is one of my all-time favorites. I watched your video (all 5 parts), it was a great experience.
prilstrudel (Thursday 2nd of October 2008 10:47:12 AM)
thank you very much for uploading this video. we are now living in the future Toffler envisioned. how do we feel?
aldozpuno (Saturday 27th of September 2008 06:26:21 AM)
buen video ... gracias aldoz'uno
shoegooguru (Wednesday 17th of September 2008 11:56:09 AM)
Orson forgot to say: EBAY SUCKS! PayPal sucks even MORE! I gotta go have a piece of genetically engineered fruit now. If you need me just have the govenment track my cell phone.
shoegooguru (Wednesday 17th of September 2008 11:53:12 AM)
1972...ha! This is almost funny. We are 3 years away from what the Mayans labeled the end of the age. Hmmmm. We'll see. The computers here are hilarious. If it was all so bad in '72 we would have all killed eachother by now. Guess 1972 was too much for the 'Brady' types. Lot of things have gotten worse for sure...but some things are better...or just SEEM better!? Bottom line: the Universe will welcome our honesty and best efforts OR it will be FINE without US screwing it up.
JonathanDParshall (Tuesday 16th of September 2008 08:12:23 PM)
For God's sake, it's just a girl buying a doll! I like the music, though. Those early synths had character.
pisces2222 (Sunday 7th of September 2008 04:19:02 PM)
Aha....I love the 70's. I also just love how seriously everything is discussed in this film...like the little girl with the doll.
MANGSCHEUONiCS (Thursday 4th of September 2008 01:37:53 PM)
in the jewish book of ethics it says plain and simply "the more possessions man has, the more worries he has" (e.g. direct correlation) I do believe that there are definitive advantages and drawbacks of these technological upgrades.. one advantage being that we have more time for other things by using prepackaged and premade products/materials while a disadvantage could be the lack of consistency these choices grant us
rg2027x (Wednesday 3rd of September 2008 08:58:39 PM)
it's all gone downhill from there