It looks at the arguments for capitalism and technology, such as greater efficiency, more time and less work, and argues that these are not being fulfilled, and they never will be.
The film is about our world, the modern civilisation that eats more than needed. It's not very much information that is physicly showed, its the pictures in symbios with music that is the real strength in this flick.
The film leans towards anarcho-primitivist ideology and argues for a simple and fulfilling life.
Synopsis:
An incredible visual odyssey to the four corners of the globe, SURPLUS brings alive the all too often dry theoretical ideas we learn in classes and sears them into our brains with a powerful energy rarely seen in a documentary.
Surplus is as entertaining as it is enlightening, get high and come to giggle-out or bring your pen and pad for some serious intellectual stimulation, either way look forward to an amazing night and some great post-screening conversation.
Why is the lifestyle of consumerism a source of such rage today? How come the privilege of buying goods does not automatically lead to happiness? Why all this emptiness despite our wealth? Surplus’ approach is to portray this issue from an emotional rather than a factual perspective.