Future Shock (1972) 5/5

This is a little known documentary based on the book Future Shock by Alvin Toffler.

See review here:
http://oddculture.com/weird-movies/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.

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Category:

Film & Animation

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• Future
• Shock
• Alvin
• Toffler
• Orson
• Welles
• paranoia
• documentary
• film
• movie
• short
• 70s

[cybersalad]

@JetRanger0007 I think Orson Welles' waistline and cigar killed him faster than technology.

[PAM2167]

Orson! Get a grip. You should see 2010! Future shock is an understatement!

[danikittie]

My question to this documentary is: If we have advanced technologically, why aren't humans getting smarter, but lazier?? What are we doing wrong??

[youwillBsorry]

WOW this is a hilarious warning for excess use of LSD and pot

[gombie]

The document hasn't aged well, but the topic/idea is true.

Take a look at facebook.. And think about it, or do i have to say more? Well i won't.

[technopoptart]

Load of crap... they want to complain about the 60-'s "tech"??? lol

[gamesDAMNED]

This...was...hilarious! Somebody has to send this to Rifftrax at once. And get Orson Welles more booze!

[oker59]

Future Shock came as a generalization of culture shock; anybody who has gone from the civiian world to the military world and even back to the civilian world(as I have) has felt future shock

[oker59]

Another interesting question is will the discovery of E.T.'s create 'future shock'? Arthur C Clarke seems to use such an idea in his 2001.

[MrJacMac1986]

I was born in 1968.I probably had a much more comfortable life than my grandparents or parents growing up.Living in the south they didnt have central air conditioning or vaccines where as I did.But on the otherhand they had a better diet than most people do nowadays thats probably why 3 of my grandparents lived till there 90's

[MrJacMac1986]

@battisa TV was better back then. Nowadays its mostly reality style crap

[xXdoctorXXGoNzOXx]

MOST of these comments prove the human race is devolving. Becoming more stupid.

"Conservative in it's time?" Seriously? Gay/Group marriage? This is pretty liberal stuff here, and Toffler makes no judgement.