Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.
Directed by Lauren Greenfield
capitalism
materialism
consumerism
late stage capitalism
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Cast
Lauren Greenfield
Self - Interviewer
Florian Homm
Self
Bret Easton Ellis
Self
Kim Kardashian
Self
Kylie Jenner
Self
Tiffany Masters
Self
Crew
Lauren Greenfield
Director
Lauren Greenfield
Writer
Jeff Beal
Original Music Composer
Lauren Greenfield
Director of Photography
Jerry Risius
Director of Photography
Lars Skree
Director of Photography
Lauren Greenfield
Producer
Regina K. Scully
Executive Producer
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Executive Producer
Heikki Kossi
Foley Artist
Popular Reviews
26 reviews
Maya
6.1★ · 10/21/24
Why do we all want wealth? What do we need wealth for?
Why do we all want wealth? What do we need wealth for?
Mitchel H
7.0★ · 10/20/21
The consistency wasn’t really there but i liked all the stories she chose
The consistency wasn’t really there but i liked all the stories she chose
liz
6.0★ · 01/19/21
i can't really explain WHY i liked this so much despite how messy and undeveloped the multiple competing frameworks were--it's a rich woman who is from a Harvard family feeling weird and guilty about her legacy while also attempting (sometimes poorly) to examine the root causes of excessive consumption and capital accumulation while refusing (staunchly) to assess the actual question of class and capitalism and labor exploitation
i think it's because the interview subjects and the photography shown are so interesting that i can fill in the narrative framework myself and feel satisfied despite the lack of substantive analysis in the film itself
i can't really explain WHY i liked this so much despite how messy and undeveloped the multiple competing frameworks were--it's a rich woman who is from a Harvard family feeling weird and guilty about her legacy while also attempting (sometimes poorly) to examine the root causes of excessive consumption and capital accumulation while refusing (staunchly) to assess the actual question of class and capitalism and labor exploitation
i think it's because the interview subjects and the photography shown are so interesting that i can fill in the narrative framework myself and feel satisfied despite the lack of substantive analysis in the film itself
