Brazil | -1985-

: If you have the choice, watch the Criterion Collection version or the 4K restoration, as they preserve Gilliam's original, intended ending.

Some viewers find the film's pacing disjointed or its plot difficult to follow due to its dense, hallucinatory nature. Roger Ebert famously criticized it for lacking discipline, noting it was "awash in elaborate special effects" and "hard to follow". BRAZIL Laserdisc Review by Sean Murphy - Figmentfly.com Brazil -1985-

(1985) is less a film and more a prophetic fever dream. Directed by Terry Gilliam (of Monty Python fame), it’s a surreal, claustrophobic, and bitterly funny vision of a retro-futuristic bureaucracy run amok. The title itself is an ironic joke: the film has nothing to do with the country. Rather, it’s named after the hauntingly optimistic song “Brazil” (by Ary Barroso), which plays throughout as a cruel counterpoint to the grim reality on screen. : If you have the choice, watch the

And yet, there was electricity in the air. The press was free. Congress was debating (loudly, inefficiently, but debating). Citizens could curse the president on the bus without fear of the DOI-CODI (the regime’s infamous death squads). BRAZIL Laserdisc Review by Sean Murphy - Figmentfly