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ericd102
 Post subject: Movie: Brazil
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Wow.




I just watched this and it's quite the spectacle. I didn't "get" a lot of it, but I am impresed by the ambitious beauty of the whole production. The main points are painfully clear, and the humour is spot on (making the people pay for their own torture and interrogation because it is costly "information retrival"). A lot of the transitional/dream scenes were too trippy for me and kinda lost their meaning by drowning in their own pretentious symbolism. Same goes for the ending. Nonetheless, it's one of the best dystopia movies I have ever seen and it doesn't fall into teh cliche'd, 1984 wannabe mode that many films in that genre do.


It's worth watching, if only for all the wild visuals.


Directed by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame.
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i have been told to watch this movie a number of times...but it has been rented out at the local blockbuster every time i go...terry gilliam is great...i believe he did 12 monkeys as well..

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I am under the undeniable impression that everything Terry Gilliam touches turns to gold. Well, this is true of the movies that he directs... All of them that I've seen are incredible.
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Yeah, you guys need to see this movie. It's crazy.
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I love Robert DeNiro in it, what a crazy bastard. :lol:

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I love Robert DeNiro in it, what a crazy bastard. :lol:


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One of the best movies of the 80's, hands down.

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Does it have any relation with my country or is some metaphor?

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Getting blitzed and watching this one is especially fun.

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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
One of the best movies of the 80's, hands down.


you can put heathers up there too

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but I've had this on my netflix list... i think i might bump it up

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windedsailor wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
One of the best movies of the 80's, hands down.


you can put heathers up there too

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but I've had this on my netflix list... i think i might bump it up


I've never seen Heathers. :oops:

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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
windedsailor wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
One of the best movies of the 80's, hands down.


you can put heathers up there too

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but I've had this on my netflix list... i think i might bump it up


I've never seen Heathers. :oops:


its a great dark comedy about high school... i was amazed by how good it is... and i've never been too into teen comedies or 80's movies, but this was perfect

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Brazil and Twelve Monkeys are on my to-buy lists.

Speaking of Terry Gilliam flicks, anyone check out his adaptation of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' ?
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Raoul Duke wrote:
Brazil and Twelve Monkeys are on my to-buy lists.

Speaking of Terry Gilliam flicks, anyone check out his adaptation of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' ?


I must've watched it every day for 2 or 3 years of my life. :P

I think I started a Fear and Loathing quotes thread awhile back.

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I've had this for years and have yet to make it past the theatrical version:

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Great movie but I never seem to be in the mood to watch the different versions.

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This movie is brilliance defined.
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Raoul Duke wrote:
Brazil and Twelve Monkeys are on my to-buy lists.

Speaking of Terry Gilliam flicks, anyone check out his adaptation of 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' ?


I triend to watch 12 Monkeys once but that movie was booooooring.

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GREAT... FUCKING... MOVIE!!!

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Big Pink wrote:
I think I started a Fear and Loathing quotes thread awhile back.


because of Thompson... "pig-fucker" is one of my favorite words

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so should i watch this

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