One of my all time favorite movies is Confessions of a Shopaholic. For those of you who have not seen the movie, it's basically a story of a girl, Rebecca Bloomwood, who is an extreme shopaholic, that by luck, lands a job at a financial magazine. Ironically, through her column called "The Girl In The Green Scarf"she gives advice to people on how to spend their money even though she is dealing with major debt. Throughout the movie one can see the Marxist ideology come into play. For the most part the Marxist theory is seen at the beginning of the film when the main character has the mentality that buying is good, even if it hurts her. The movie shows scenes in which buying is a relationship between the person and the merchandise being bought, which is sometimes acknowledged as a stronger bond. Even though the film is about the recovery of a shopaholic, most of the scenes encouraged buying goods one would not necessarily need. As Rebecca states, "When I shop, the world gets better"... that is until, one is so deep in debt there is no way out.
