Future by Design (tbc)
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- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1st January 2007
- Starring: Jacque Fresco
- Directed by: William Gazecki
- Official Website: www.fbdthemovie.com
Plot Synopsis
A compelling overview of the life and visionary world of futurist and inventor, Jacque Fresco who might be best described as a space-age Leonardo da Vinci.
Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a multi-disciplinarian or 'generalist' – a student of many inter-related fields. He is a prolific inventor, having spent his entire life (he is now 90 years old) conceiving of and devising inventions on various scales which entail the use of innovative technology.
The film explores Fresco's world of the future, where scientific method, not politics, rules world operations, and all human activity and effort is directed toward achieving dynamic equilibrium between man and nature.
Visually and intellectually engaging, this is one man's vision of a future where war is outdated, there is no shortage of any necessary resource, and our focus as a species is sustainability. But far from presenting a trekker's vision of Utopia, this documentary demonstrates a 'possible future' – with real and viable alternatives to our current paradigm of militarism and commercialism.
Jacque Fresco is an outspoken and immediately likeable character whose radical and sometimes irreverent ideas are sure to draw both praise and controversy.