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@Lightice18 жыл бұрын
I always found the world of Brazil to be a take on the absurd inefficiency of the actual dictatorships in the real world, and how they contrast the absurd efficiency of fictional dystopias, like 1984. The state isn't malicious, per se, but no-one in it is willing to take tiniest personal responsibility out of fear for punishment, so they distribute the responsibility as far and wide as possible, until no-one has any idea of how their personal output contributes to the greater whole. The torture and execution of dissidents is a direct result of this; since no-one is willing, or at this point even capable of coming out to admit their errors, the only possible course is to explain all the destruction that ensues from their mistakes on malicious outsiders, terrorists. And since the imaginary terrorists are ofcourse impossible to catch, the entire state falls into a state of paranoia and is willing to do anything to protect itself from these assumed threats. The personal responsibility of state officials has become so non-existent that they no longer comprehend that they're condemning innocent people to torture and death for their own mistakes, they really think that they are fighting a seemingly unstoppable threat from within.
@richardwicks41904 жыл бұрын
Brazil, I believe, was a condemnation of socialism. There were no terrorists. Things blew up because they weren't maintained and failures of this nature was blamed on terrorists. The government, was loaded with bureaucratic nightmares, which is why nothing was fixed. The "terrorist" of the film was a free lance repairman who skipped paperwork. He actually fixed things. Everything was overly complex, everything required a ton of paperwork, and everybody worked for the state, and nobody did their job. The society was a nightmare and if you noticed, Sam's job was utterly pointless. What, exactly, did he actually do? Supposedly, he was in law enforcement, but did he ever capture a criminal? The one criminal actually seen in the film was a free lance repairman, a HIGHLY valued terrorist, which the state can't catch. He was to be captured and tortured, because he was showing the incompetence of the system. That's why Assange is in jail, he exposed the corruption of the media, and the government. He actually did journalism, where our supposed "reliable sources" will not.
@jackloomis7053 жыл бұрын
Not to dick ride all of you, because it's hard finding intellectual conversations like this in person on a film I like. But you all make a valid point on the movie, I loved it. Your all remind me of Vitor Hugo's old saying "Not being heard is no reason for silence". Good day all.
@Luka11802 жыл бұрын
It's both malicious and dysfunctional. It's a bith of both.
@Luka11802 жыл бұрын
@@richardwicks4190 Pure nonsense. It's a critique of materialism, capitalism, fascism, nationalism, dysfunctional governments with excessive bureacracy where no one want to take blame for anything, are careless and only out to do things for their own good. By the way, Soviet Union wasn't even socialist (or communist), but was Stalinist. Stalin hid under a few trappings of "socialism" and "communism" while leading a grand state that controlled so much, regardless of the fact that Marx' own idea was that communism had no state at all. If anything, true socialism and/or communism is way more pro-freedom, pro-welfare etc. than conservatism, liberalism and other right wing ideologies.
@internetbaby7277 Жыл бұрын
@@richardwicks4190 i think your conflating socialism to mean bureaucracy. Brazil doesn't satirize the economic system at all but it does satirize the hilarious inefficiency of big societies
@reptomicus4 жыл бұрын
Even Tuttle says "We're all in this together."
@Anacronian8 жыл бұрын
What if Sam is no different than everybody else in the world - what if they all just dream of a better world instead of making a better world, At least that was the thought I got when I saw it.
@Dja054 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's the point; everyone is stuck in the "system", and either choose the easy way out by complying or try and fail to make sense of it like Jil.
@Advent35468 жыл бұрын
I love this movie but I always forget it's a Christmas movie.
@ItHadToBeSaid4 жыл бұрын
Like all good sci-fi, Brazil is only a slight exaggeration of the way things are today. And that's terrifying.
@charleskaplan35672 жыл бұрын
The ending of this movie consistently has a matrix like effect on me. He is in a fantasy caused by a kind of lobotomy an escape from the dreadful state of reality of dystopia not too dissimilar from that in which many of us live today. The question remains for all to choose, would it be better to live in this dystopia or to surrender to some kind of fantasy world like a video game or other form or replacement reality. Being assertive and remaining engaged and attentive does serve one well and avoids the kind of tragic ending to which our protagonist tacitly submitted himself.
@zigalkodonverven38628 жыл бұрын
This movie managed to make bills and receipts villainous! The scene where the reclusive handyman (the real Tuttle) gets covered by receipts and vanishes forever, the professional plumbers using the paperwork for repairs to evict Sam without notice, the erroneous accusations all due to a simple misprint. And the attitude of the state that it could never be wrong when something does go wrong.
@oonmm Жыл бұрын
He died of paper work.
@JustPlainRob4 жыл бұрын
This is the best Robert DeNiro performance ever. Love this movie so much.
@ThePurityControl4 жыл бұрын
If you haven't read it already, do try to pick up a copy of David Graeber's The Utopia of Rules - it's ruminations on predatory or total bureaucracy really hit the nail on the head.
@giordanopagotto79408 жыл бұрын
IMHO Gilliam's masterpiece, along with 12 Monkeys The craziest part is that Brasil (I'm brazillian) is actually pretty much like the film, and was even more similar at the time the movie was made, when the country was getting out of 20 years of military dictatorship. The extreme bureaucracy, the aburd concern with looks (it's the number 1 country in the ranking of plastic surgeries), the huge economic inequality... I read somewhere that it's called Brazil but was meant to represent any of the Latin American dictatorships that existed at the time.
@DoReMi123acb7 жыл бұрын
WOW.....😮 thanks. that was actually very insightful. I was genuinely wondering what actual Brazilians thought about it
@tenacious39116 жыл бұрын
The name of the film has multiple meanings, on the surface its a reference to the song, Sam is dreaming of being whisked from his boring everyday life to an exotic location, but that location is only romantic in the song, the real place isn't. The regime isn't a direct reference to any real government, the actual setting is left vague so its message has universal appeal.
@isammolina48424 жыл бұрын
No se a que dictaduras se refiere.A veces se llama dictadura a gobiernos nacidos del voto pero que no consideramos buenos.Otras veces gobiernos nacidos de la voluntad popular derivan en otras cosas perdiendo legitimidad.Cada caso y sus circunstancias son para tener en cuenta.👀🌹🌿👀🌹🌿👀🌹🌿😲😮
@Luka11802 жыл бұрын
I've seen a theory that the reason art and stuff looks old is because the government regulates what kind of art you may make. Innovation in artistic expression, and also in free thinking, is discouraged, or maybe even outlawed.
@yasisoufi5 ай бұрын
Can’t agree more! Was looking for this comment!
@subtledemisefoxАй бұрын
That also explains why all the technology is antiquated and convoluted, because it all has to be built according to nonsensical arbitrary specifications.
@CorbCorbin5 жыл бұрын
Revisiting this video for Christmas. You have such an excellent library, that I love to go back and rewatch.
@wiltchamberlain99208 жыл бұрын
I love the hell out of that movie. Terry Gilliam is my favorite director. I only wish that my DVD had his commentary on it. Terry Gilliam's commentary tracks are the best. My favorite being his commentary for Fear & Loathing. I've seen that movie more often with the commentary than without. But I'm getting off track. Thanks for the video. I need to watch Brazil again. And good luck with the marathon. Look forward to the subsequent video. P.S. - Still miss Basement Jaxx during the opening. :P
@pingunooty8 жыл бұрын
My favorite Christmas film.
@MaxToddUniverse5 жыл бұрын
"And what do you want for christmas?" "A credit card!"
@HomerSimpsonIsCool5 жыл бұрын
Brazil and Die Hard go hand in hand as the Quintessential Christmas films
This is 1 of the all time greatest films ever made. I love the work Terry Gilliam has done. From his animations in Monty Python's Flying Circus which connected one sketch to the next which made each episode a stream of consciouss. His co-direction on Holy Grail with Terry Jones. Art Director on Life Of Brian, the funniest comedy film ever. Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, another of my favourite films, Brothers Grimm, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Terry Gilliam is a visual genius. I love the work of Tim Burton, also a great visual director, who directed Alice in Wonderland, but i would have loved to have seen what Terry Gilliam would have done with directing Alice in Wonderland. I think it was made for him to direct, although i do like Tim Burtons version.b
@MrFTW7337 жыл бұрын
I was always curious about this movie after this commentary I MUST watch this movie!
@mahadeva67085 жыл бұрын
a wonderful discourse on my very favorite movie thank you.
@judgeomega7 жыл бұрын
You got a lot of things right.
@dangelini11376 жыл бұрын
This movie is a reimagination of Orwell's 1984 with a Kafkaesque burocratic government
@TechShamaninthehouse3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very good review! I love this movie. I love this director. Great cast. But your review gave me a lot more to think about than what I got from the movie. I’ll be thinking about collective vs individual rights in society in relation to Brazil.
@MCHammerSmittyBacallJagerman4 жыл бұрын
I have to watch this movie... I know it features Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, and so on... But it seems to feature a pretty interesting Michael Palin-performamce
@davidells67604 жыл бұрын
RIP Ian Holm
@truther48515 жыл бұрын
Fabulous review and totally fantastic movie ..
@moosemush8 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a Renegade Cut on My Life as a Dog. Unfortunately, your Mulholland Dr. episode doesn't seem to be working, any idea when it'll get posted on KZbin?
@bryancorrell60138 жыл бұрын
You may not actively hate Friday the 13th yet, but after watching eight in a row you might.
@Not_So_Slim_Shady5 ай бұрын
I've seen people debating whether the state in Brazil is communist of fascist. I think TG hints at both in the film as a message against general authoritarianism.
@Harry_Eyeball2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies to watch on psychedelics!
@phantasMoon698 жыл бұрын
great analysis Leon, whats the outro song? it's beautiful
@King01Ryan8 жыл бұрын
Great work :-) Would you make a Renegade Cut for The Counselor?
@boiqueiroz8 жыл бұрын
I always thought this movie was a satirical portrait on the Brazilian government specially the military dictatorship. Watercolor of Brazil is a pretty good song but the movie's similarities with the country are too much to be coincidental.
@jean-philippedoyon99048 жыл бұрын
Told ya to check it out a long time ago Leon...your welcome :)
@bb11111167 жыл бұрын
There is the phrase the glass is half full (optimistic) or it is half empty (pessimistic). Brazil is as half empty a glass movie as one can find (and that includes DeNiro's anarchist plumber Tuttle). A phrase taken from other science fiction sums it up, "resistance is futile". - From the pessimist view of the film, a government burocracy cannot be made which is humane. Most humans are too self centered, too narrow in their thinking to be more than cogs in the 'machine'. And revolution is no answer either since anarchists can't cope with making a complex society work and simply engage in brutality. - There is only one way out in Brazil, escapism from the reality. While that can seem like childish fantasy, it is what is left when facing the cruelty in life as depicted in this excellent glass half empty film. So, the mental escape in Brazil is not childish at all. Childish escapism would be a standard movie savior who ushers in victory or the sugary they lived happily ever after. Brazil gives up on that path in reality because it cannot happen.
@simrantolani66974 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@Valentin-www3 жыл бұрын
What is the music at the begginning?? it reminds me of an old school RPG
@deaustin40184 жыл бұрын
interesting, insightful critique - though Brazil's one of those films that you have to see to get the entire flavor and nuances. It's a matter of the mind which can't entirely be described with words.
@michaelgentry46544 жыл бұрын
Just got an 100 gecs ad on this video...
@Haibread8 жыл бұрын
this film truly reminded me of 1984, not just its plot but its way of focusing more on its world and mesages than on their characters. i think the ending of brazilis far better though
@Minerva_Devi8 жыл бұрын
+Joaco ponce de leon It should, it was heavily inspired by 1984. Hell, it was famously produced under the working title "1984 And A Half" for a while as stated in the video.
@andrewnicholson46893 жыл бұрын
Very interesting dialogue... simply - you are either "Tuttle" or "Buttle" distinguished by the smudge left; by a dead fly, on a piece of paper ! The system MUST be right??
@dyingbreed5386 Жыл бұрын
I always saw this film as not so much a criticism of government as a criticism of us. There is no talk about leaders or politicians causing the horrors; its the banality of evil. Thousands of cogs in a machine designed to destroy with each and every one refusing to take responsibility for their part.
@VarnasL8 жыл бұрын
Is it possible that he did ,,slept too long"... >:D ?
@david_contente5 жыл бұрын
-"did" -"slept" chose one
@isammolina48426 жыл бұрын
No se porque los ex Monty Python le dieron tan horrendo papeles a Mike.y con violencia. Alguien que l o quisiera no lo hubiera tratado así. Tampoco en el caso de One fish called Wanda.feo.desagradable. kiza soy pacata. 😳
@elliotthelms42065 жыл бұрын
Statists BTFOD
@guillaumesandmayer7053 Жыл бұрын
Franz Kafka once told me that this is his favourite film. I wonder why though? Hmm. 😊
@scannaunderscore16 жыл бұрын
The lesbian in this is pretty hot when shes got long hair