American Supermarket (6 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Industrial films, old commercials, documentaries, educational films, and army training films are used humourously to portray the American dream of the 1940s and 1950s. Shows the mass culture of a period that was a golden age of consumerism.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Year of production
- 1991
- Availability
- Out of Distribution
- Subjects
- Sociology
- Keywords
- social life and customs; United States of America
Credits
- Producer
- Davide Ferrario
Sections
- Title
- Postcards from heaven
- Synopsis
- 1: Look at American consumerism in the 1950s - a world of technicolour dreams, happy families and housewives smiling beside their new refrigerators.
- Title
- Postcards from hell
- Synopsis
- 2: A picture of 1950s' anti-communist paranoia and the fear of atomic conflict.
- Title
- Just married
- Synopsis
- 3: Everything for the newlyweds from a wedding sponsored by General Mills through setting up home, the kids and the family car.
- Title
- Sex, drugs & rock ‘n roll
- Synopsis
- 4: Educational films showing social skills such as 'how to say goodnight'.
- Title
- Business is business
- Synopsis
- 5: Looks at the downside of free enterprise business.
- Title
- It’s a weird world
- Synopsis
- 6: Fads and oddities over 30 years, hosted by John Wayne who ponders on the nature of the American way of life.
Production Company
- Name
Dinosaura
Distributor
- Name
Jane Balfour Films
- Phone
- 020 7267 5392
- Fax
- 020 7267 4241
- Address
- Burghley House
35 Fortress Road
London
NW5 1AD
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