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Generation Wealth

A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.

Director

Lauren Greenfield

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Genre

Box Office

$237,709

Production

Evergreen Pictures,Amazon Studios,Artemis Rising,Cinereach,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Candescent Films

Awards

6 nominations

Homepage

http://www.generation-wealth.com/

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Lauren Greenfield

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Bret Easton Ellis

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Sheldon Greenfield

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Patricia Greenfield

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Self - Conrad Homm's Girlfriend

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Trudy Wilner Stack

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Gabriel Greenfield

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Michael Barney Jr.

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Noah Greenfield

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Jaqueline Siegel

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Valbjörn Jón Höskuldsson

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Self - Stripper, Magic City Night Club

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Tiffany Masters

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Self - Surrogate Mother

Self - Lauren Greenfield's Husband

Self - Suzanne Murphy's Daughter

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Gordon Gekko

Michael Douglas

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Khloé Kardashian

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Kourtney Kardashian

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I do believe it's un-American
to say you can make too much money. - Generation Wealth

I do believe it's un-American to say you can make too m...

I mean, the federalist papers say, - Generation Wealth

I mean, the federalist papers say,

I mean, the pyramids were built - Generation Wealth

I mean, the pyramids were built

With my lens focused on wealth, - Generation Wealth

With my lens focused on wealth,

The scale of the excess became clear - Generation Wealth

The scale of the excess became clear

I noticed that no matter
how much people had, - Generation Wealth

I noticed that no matter how much people had,

I wondered if the hundreds
of individual stories - Generation Wealth

I wondered if the hundreds of individual stories

To understand what it all added up to, - Generation Wealth

To understand what it all added up to,

In 1991, I was just starting out
as a photojournalist. - Generation Wealth

In 1991, I was just starting out as a photojournalist.

I had studied visual anthropology
in college, - Generation Wealth

I had studied visual anthropology in college,

My mom was a professor of psychology - Generation Wealth

My mom was a professor of psychology

My mother spoke the language
and was at home there. - Generation Wealth

My mother spoke the language and was at home there.

But I struggled to understand the culture - Generation Wealth

But I struggled to understand the culture

After we had spent months in the field, - Generation Wealth

After we had spent months in the field,

I just got your letters today.
I really, really miss you. - Generation Wealth

I just got your letters today. I really, really miss you.

The more you put yourself
into this kind of work, - Generation Wealth

The more you put yourself into this kind of work,

And that I needed to find a story - Generation Wealth

And that I needed to find a story

I happened to find an old copy
of Bret Easton Ellis's less than zero. - Generation Wealth

I happened to find an old copy of Bret Easton Ellis's l...

The fictional world he depicted
of jaded excess and too much money - Generation Wealth

The fictional world he depicted of jaded excess and too much...

I started thinking about my own culture
in almost anthropological terms, - Generation Wealth

I started thinking about my own culture in almost anthropolo...

L.A. diary, march 4, 1992. - Generation Wealth

L.A. diary, march 4, 1992.

My photography will concentrate
on the social rituals of teenage life. - Generation Wealth

My photography will concentrate on the social rituals of tee...

I want to photograph senior ditch day, - Generation Wealth

I want to photograph senior ditch day,

One day, I was photographing
at my former high school, - Generation Wealth

One day, I was photographing at my former high school,

These three boys said, - Generation Wealth

These three boys said,

And it wasn't until I processed the film - Generation Wealth

And it wasn't until I processed the film

On the first day of school,
Kate Hudson went, - Generation Wealth

On the first day of school, Kate Hudson went,

And my dad's a bigger star.” - Generation Wealth

And my dad's a bigger star.”

That narcissism
that is so full-blown in the culture now - Generation Wealth

That narcissism that is so full-blown in the culture now

Photographer Lauren greenfield - Generation Wealth

Photographer Lauren greenfield

The family who had this party - Generation Wealth

The family who had this party

Looking at all the pictures, - Generation Wealth

Looking at all the pictures,

These are the images of a society
in extraordinary decline. - Generation Wealth

These are the images of a society in extraordinary decline.

But now, I saw a relationship - Generation Wealth

But now, I saw a relationship

It made me want to figure out - Generation Wealth

It made me want to figure out

So, I decided to go back
to the teen subjects from Los Angeles. - Generation Wealth

So, I decided to go back to the teen subjects from Los Angel...

That party
that you photographed me in - Generation Wealth

That party that you photographed me in

When I was born
was when he really started - Generation Wealth

When I was born was when he really started

Which is good for him,
bad for a kid trying to be parented. - Generation Wealth

Which is good for him, bad for a kid trying to be parented.

I could get away with murder
because my dad was on the road, - Generation Wealth

I could get away with murder because my dad was on the road,

I hope to stay young forever.
I don't want to grow old. - Generation Wealth

I hope to stay young forever. I don't want to grow old.

I think I was maybe 17 when we first met. - Generation Wealth

I think I was maybe 17 when we first met.

Um, you came to my school, - Generation Wealth

Um, you came to my school,

We became friends,
and you started following me around. - Generation Wealth

We became friends, and you started following me around.

You know, you can look
from the outside and think, - Generation Wealth

You know, you can look from the outside and think,

My family struggled a lot,
with, like, financial problems, - Generation Wealth

My family struggled a lot, with, like, financial problems,

It was kinda like a thing, like,
"you're pretty, so you can be our friend." - Generation Wealth

It was kinda like a thing, like, "you're pretty, s...

Ah, well, it was the senior polls - Generation Wealth

Ah, well, it was the senior polls

So it was like you dressed
with, like, tight clothes, - Generation Wealth

So it was like you dressed with, like, tight clothes,

Mija was my girlfriend in 7th or 8th grade
in elementary school, - Generation Wealth

Mija was my girlfriend in 7th or 8th grade in elementary sch...

Hopefully, this is cut.
We don't wanna be disrespectful. - Generation Wealth

Hopefully, this is cut. We don't wanna be disrespectful...

Growing up here, - Generation Wealth

Growing up here,

I feel like I actually got pretty scarred
from that time. - Generation Wealth

I feel like I actually got pretty scarred from that time.

Whatever things happened in high school - Generation Wealth

Whatever things happened in high school

It really... you're so young
and impressionable, - Generation Wealth

It really... you're so young and impressionable,

When I was in high school,
I was really shy and a little insecure. - Generation Wealth

When I was in high school, I was really shy and a little ins...

Education was important, - Generation Wealth

Education was important,

I think, you, like a normal girl
growing up in L.A., - Generation Wealth

I think, you, like a normal girl growing up in L.A.,

You were trying to fit in
from the viewpoint of clothes, - Generation Wealth

You were trying to fit in from the viewpoint of clothes,

I think crossroads made you anxious
about keeping up with the joneses. - Generation Wealth

I think crossroads made you anxious about keeping up with th...

The brentwood parents - Generation Wealth

The brentwood parents

You actually, one time,
got out of the car - Generation Wealth

You actually, one time, got out of the car

I, I remember
not being able to buy, - Generation Wealth

I, I remember not being able to buy,

The things you didn't have
were the things that I didn't believe in. - Generation Wealth

The things you didn't have were the things that I didn&...

The fact that I had
everything I needed, - Generation Wealth

The fact that I had everything I needed,

J ballin' j - Generation Wealth

You know, my parents
worked hard every day. - Generation Wealth

You know, my parents worked hard every day.

But in the 7th grade, - Generation Wealth

But in the 7th grade,

That's when I got my first good glimpse
of a lot of money, - Generation Wealth

That's when I got my first good glimpse of a lot of mon...

J every time I move
the guys downright sparkle j; - Generation Wealth

J every time I move the guys downright sparkle j;

There's a scene where a girl
brought me a platter, - Generation Wealth

There's a scene where a girl brought me a platter,

Everybody wants to have money, - Generation Wealth

Everybody wants to have money,

J ballin' j - Generation Wealth

And it's been followed and followed, - Generation Wealth

And it's been followed and followed,

What g-mo noticed - Generation Wealth

What g-mo noticed

It was almost like it had turned
into a quest for fame and fortune. - Generation Wealth

It was almost like it had turned into a quest for fame and f...

And we had left behind the values
of hard work, - Generation Wealth

And we had left behind the values of hard work,

Because my dad was an immigrant, - Generation Wealth

Because my dad was an immigrant,

And was it the American dream
for your parents that you went to Harvard? - Generation Wealth

And was it the American dream for your parents that you went...

My dad would say, "yeah, my son, Shelly,
he goes to Harvard, Harvard, Harvard." - Generation Wealth

My dad would say, "yeah, my son, Shelly, he goes to Har...

My dad tried to instill ideals in me. - Generation Wealth

My dad tried to instill ideals in me.

I was still basking in the ethos
of the '60s and the '70s. - Generation Wealth

I was still basking in the ethos of the '60s and the &#...

The '80s started
to actually change things quite a bit. - Generation Wealth

The '80s started to actually change things quite a bit.

Oh, my god, so opulent.
Exactly not my world anymore. - Generation Wealth

Oh, my god, so opulent. Exactly not my world anymore.

The origin of all
this fascination with wealth - Generation Wealth

The origin of all this fascination with wealth

I'll try to keep this simple,
so I don't lose the, the viewer. - Generation Wealth

I'll try to keep this simple, so I don't lose the,...

In "71, - Generation Wealth

That basically meant
the money in circulation - Generation Wealth

That basically meant the money in circulation

We began to borrow,
to maintain both a lifestyle - Generation Wealth

We began to borrow, to maintain both a lifestyle

We shifted from an empire
of production - Generation Wealth

We shifted from an empire of production

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A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Lauren Greenfield

Writer: Lauren Greenfield

Production: Evergreen Pictures,Amazon Studios,Artemis Rising,Cinereach,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,Candescent Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 53/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: $237,709

Released: 20 Jul 2018

Awards: 6 nominations

Homepage: http://www.generation-wealth.com/

Also watch: One Life, Cat Ballou, One Child Nation, Time After Time, Austenland, They Shall Not Grow Old, 7500, Ben Is Back, Precious, Sense and Sensibility, The Sting, Hanna, Just Mercy