Must Rewatch Gilliam's Brazil

I think I'll do lighter fare on the weekends. Don't want to upset my readers with too much truth and reality, we Americans aren't used to it.

I suggest you watch or rewatch Terry Gilliam's 1985 masterpiece Brazil. Even know it is over twenty years old, it is full of pertinent, modern day themes that we are dealing with here in the USA and around the world such as:

prolific terrorism
ridicules plastic surgery
extraordinary rendition
endless bureaucracy
mindless cubical work
endless paper work
automated voice messages
incompetent workers
dead-end jobs
torture
Big Brother
paranoia
rampant consumerism



Oh, and its a comedy/love story. It includes one of Robert De Niro's greatest roles as a guerrilla air duct repair man. The film was to be called 1984 and a 1/2 but they ran into legal problems due to the book of the same name. Could also be called 2008. The title song "Aquarela do Brasil" by Ary Barroso is excellent. Tom Stoppard co-wrote the script with Gilliam. Rent it!