Hidden Meaning in Brazil - Earthling Cinema

[@Jotari]

I think the most maddening thing about the world of Brazil is that unlike most dystopian fiction, there's absolutely no villain. The government isn't shown to have any central figure to represent its authority and there's no personal nemesis for Sam. All the people committing monstrous acts are depicted as punchcard workers. The film gives you nobody to blame and nobody to root against which makes the entire system seem impossible to actually fix since it's so obtuse even the people that run it are trapped and powerless.

[@wayne7055]

Absolutely perfect representation of society in that regard

[@maxerd]

Poetic, right? Capitalism is self perpetual. Narcissism and self-help are normalized and praised. If people are poor, they're too busy surviving to realize an alternative. And if people are rich, they're too complacent to think beside their economic advantage and thus wish for nothing to change. Everything is de facto pit against everything. This is the result of a free market and competition driven economy, it doesn't just thrive on competition, it halts and suffers under cooperation. It doesn't. Want. To heal. Itself. 10 years left? Maybe 20?

[@mrnobody4147]

yes but that is the bigger truth,nobody wants to be bad but the system dont leaving you a choice...

[@dusterss6290]

​@MLOOP Brazil is a simile of 1984. No more a description of the real world than is Orwell's book. Political fantasy ? Poetic dystopia ? Prediction ? Silent rebellion. If we are uncomfortable with the images offered then we are unconfortable with the world now. As American politics disintegrate and UK crawls to a finish line that it doesn't understand, so we inch closer to the prediction.

[@joanofarc33]

floooooooooooooooood Exactly that’s the point. The villain is the self sustaining system itself that keeps going no matter what anyone does.

[@rocketdave719]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Over the years, it's felt more eerily prophetic, whereas when I was younger, I just saw it as a highly imaginative dark fantasy.

[@marisatusha7001]

I was expecting more. Brazil is such an underrated masterpiece!

[@jimisi7424]

Yes. In my humble opinion its the greatest movie ever made.

[@wendellwiggins3776]

@@jimisi7424 When I first saw it in 86 at a University small pre-screening (with a Terry talk & interview after), my mind was blown! It was pure perfection on every level. And though many seemed to be perplexed by all the stimulation , It was genius at work for me! It was everything I could imagine a film should be

[@n0tk0sher]

@@jimisi7424 Same here.

[@jerseyforhawks]

Disagree, not a masterpiece. A massive pain in the a$$.

[@L0LWTF1337]

Not a single mentioning of Kafka in the most Kafkaesque movie ever?

[@Jatt2613]

Why beat the audience over the head with it when it's obvious?

[@MrKiwitox]

Brazil is more like a parody/black comedy version of Kafka/1984

[@piotreckvrsx3861]

What about Naked Lunch

[@TPDManiacXC626]

It’s Pure Kafka either way.

[@azamatbagatov6858]

@@MrKiwitox I don’t really see the parallel with 1984 other than the fact that both are dystopias

[@republicofsandles]

Brazil is one of my favourite films.I first saw it before I began working in public and private sector offices.Now it seem so much less surreal and so much more genuine.I had definitely noticed a strange absence of empathy in performances, but you folks put this really neatly.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

So the bug slipped into the typewriter...where we get the term "Bug" in our computers

[@spencerhardy8667]

It comes from insects getting into radar and valve electronics during WW2.

[@Shock_Treatment]

@@spencerhardy8667 No, I think it comes from the moth found in a relay in the Mark II computer.

[@ShalmendoGlineux]

@@Shock_Treatment "Famously, the very first instance of a computer "bug" was recorded at 3:45 pm (15:45) on the 9th of September 1947. This "bug" was an actual real-life moth, well, an ex-moth, that was extracted to the number 70 relay, Panel F, of the Harvard Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator. This "bug" (which a two-inch wingspan (5 cm)) was preserved behind a piece of adhesive tape on the machines' logbook with the now immortalized phrase "[The] First actual case of a bug being found". " Per: interestingengineering.com/the-origin-of-the-term-computer-bug Very interesting! Apparently even Thomas Edison had bugs in his phones.

[@MephLeo]

The irony is that, unintentionally, Terry Gilliam may have hit Brazilian government with some degree of precision...

[@plo7035]

Kkkkkkkkkkk tipo isso.

[@simonthompson27]

@@plo7035irony on irony - he tunes into a style of governing, extra bureaucratic bureaucracy … that we all experience. The plumber within the plumber within the plumber of the state. Ha! He’s great man

[@zoiwill00]

I live in Brazil and this movie shows exactly how Brazil truly is on it's core. Corrupted, sad, cold and full of useless burocracy.

[@RochaBernardo]

Will Hutton I live in Brazil and endorse your comment

[@vabp8985]

Will Hutton you got the corruption and burocracy right, but sad and cold? I'm pretty sure it is the exact opposite. People do suffer from the corruption, but are still a lot more joyful and vivid than most countries that I've been to

[@Grdiniz]

Will Hutton tells the truth...

[@flaviusandrade]

O filme nada tem a ver com o país, só com a música Aquarela do Brasil e sua visão ufanista, retratada no filme pelos sonhos do personagem principal.

[@marcioeustaquio010]

Ivan Gomes verdade! Sem falar na pressão do estado sobre nós.

[@PaleGhost69]

Haven't seen the movie but that's never stopped me from enjoying an Earthling Cinema!

[@acat998]

same here

[@PaleGhost69]

That moment when you wrote a full comment and still got first.

[@AudieHolland]

It's like a more down to earth version of "1984."

[@diegosanchez894]

* DO SHARKNADO*

[@PaleGhost69]

Diego Sanchez *make your own comment*

[@truvak]

I have to say thank you, I have been asking for this for so long, that I appear twice in the intro! Thank you very much.

[@BryanUlpi]

Truvak T me too jejeje XD

[@RyansGameshowisthebestgameshow]

Truvak T you had about a dozen request comments for Brazil I believe. I almost added all of them at the end of the montage but ran out of time. Thank you for your perseverance!

[@truvak]

Dear Ryan: thank you for taking notice and for this video, but adding all those comments might make me look like and obsessed guy! not that I am... You really listen to fans and audience and that makes your channel unique, relevant and kind like a human. Thank you again.

[@LoveSucks4797]

Truvak T thanks so much for requesting it, this is a great movie. Watched it in high school, it always messes me up (in a good way i think)

[@jesusgerardoGM]

i think this is my favorite use of "it's crazy enough to work".

[@AKhamseh88]

one of my favorite movies of all time . . . really happy to see it in Earthling Cinema . . . it would be nice if we can see more Gilliam movies here . . . The Zero Theorem or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[@Alemanizando]

Oh look, it's the High Sparrow! Or maybe Pope Francis...

[@dududadadede96]

Does anyone else feel like this is a more modern more subtle version of George Orwell's 1984?

[@bluesrocker91]

It's no accident... It was originally going to be called '1984 1/2'.

[@seandevine5836]

Gilliam said it was based on 1984 but that he never actually read the book

[@fl00d69]

Yes.

[@liamw.7937]

No

[@scatpitstevens7688]

A more realistic one

[@arnoldbiggins9570]

One of my fave films ever. Great episode.

[@mohandasjung]

Ironically as a brazillian I feel like I'm living in the "brazil" distopy. Everything here is so slow, corrupt and inefficient that sometimes I wonder how we still exist.

[@mrnobody4147]

we still exsist cause of that negativity,trying to be better,but i simply dont know...

[@pedromain]

Nem tudo é lento, corrupto e ineficiente se pararmos pra pensar.

[@xingcat]

This is the most succinct overview of Brazil I've seen, and I've tried to convince people to watch it for over 30 years. Now I can just send them here!

[@tHaH4x0r]

To me, the big antagonist in this movie isnt the bureaucracy, not the police, not the state, not the paper pushers nor their attitude. In fact, the antagonist is the system created which supports all this. It is shown to us by the above mentioned symptoms, but also by the clear trend of consumerism and vanity and how it 'deadens the senses' of everyone (a little spice of 'a brave new world' next to the 1984). The period around christmas and all the hints at buying and consuming arent accidental I think, nor are the numerous references of plastic surgery and the pushing of Jack to get a better jacket. One can try to escape the system by finding personal goals (chasing his literal dream), or even try to resist it, but it will swallow you in the end. In some ways it very much reminds me of the writings of the '

[@ectofriend]

I'm so glad to see that this wasn't an April Fool's Day joke. This is my favorite movie of all time, and this was a great analysis. Awesome as always guys.

[@gotcha1885]

Brazil,... a great movie classic. I watch it as often as possible. No movie ever like it. Bravo to Terry Gilliam. A work of genius.

[@Syonval]

Two years and it was worth the wait! Thanks Wisecrack.

[@viniciusfontoura6396]

Talking as a brazilian... Never could understand the title of this freaking genius movie!!!! And now I now why. Thanks, big eyebrow dude. ;)

[@judsongaiden9878]

They're not "terrorists." They're freedom fighters. Less Operation Werwolf and more Czech Resistance. Coincidentally, the Czech Resistance was backed by England (which would make the comparison ironic). Fun fact: One of this movie's tentative titles was '1984 and a Half'. 2:39 Terry Gilliam described the ducts as symbolizing "the umbilical nature of the state." 3:26 The inherent conundrum of bureaucratic collectivism. 4:31 See also 'WALL-E' (which is more Huxley, whereas 'Brazil' is more Orwell). 4:53 Tolkien referred to those who oppose imagination as "jailers."

[@TheRealNormanBates]

That was a very eyebrow raising review! But what do you think about Sam's mother and her over-occupation with plastic surgery, to the point where she becomes Jill? Does that mean we all fear/desire a girl who reminds us of our mother, and does that tie into the overall theme of a "Big Mother" government, smothering us with her love, giving us our room in the basement to give us a false sense of freedom while still having to obey Big Mother's rules, because while it may be our room, it's still her house?

[@endlessmidnight8912]

Monroville Also, the plastic wrap she uses seems somewhat related to the duct (tape)? is it about superficially holding things together? But, yeah very curious about connection between the mother and Jill

[@mattwhite7249]

I always interpreted her surgery as making her an uglier person despite the fact that she is trying to beautify herself.

[@1987joey1987]

not bad

[@anaalvarenga6313]

That's a great theory! I thought of it as a way of showing that Sam was just as vain as his mother, as he became obsessed with Jill only because of her beauty

[@bloodangel13]

Hidden Meaning of Ghost in the Shell (1995), Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and What Went Wrong Ghost in the Shell (2017). Please =)

[@SmileytheSmile]

Do Black Mirror! It's a gold mine.

[@misterTavao]

i know right? Wisecrack said they were working on it like 5 months ago. We want you guys to do Black Mirror!!!!

[@d3nv1]

OH Yes Please !

[@ancalabond8703]

Smiley the Smile Black Mirror is literal dogshit, like... it's in no way good. try to rewatch it critically.

[@SmileytheSmile]

Ancala Bond Tell me...why do you not like it?

[@ancalabond8703]

Smiley the Smile I think it's a show that has way too high expectations for itself, it's filled with overly pretentious plots that don't support the ideas it's trying to push because they don't even work themselves. Take the idea in "White Beaf" an episode I see that gets relatively great praise from fans as being one of the better episodes. The idea is that technology makes us complacent and immoral, right? Pretty simple concept, the opening scene is beautifully shot and the ambient background track sets a perfect mood. There's some good mystery, we don' know what is going on and it is intriguing. So why the fuck do they go and spring the plot on us? OK so it's some weird (totally not allowable) corporation that sets up these MASSIVE productions to emotionally torture people who have committed crimes over and over and over again? OK, that in itself is really dumb BUT I could hold my suspension of disbelief a little bit had it not been so fucking riddled with flaws. They just let random strangers be the weird people filming? How do they get so many? How come the government hasn't shut this CLEARLY MASSIVELY ILLEGAL project down? How is this a set? How do you stop this woman from leaving this set? Why were all the guns shooting actual bullets (or blanks) but the last gun doesn't? Were they just assuming she would grab it and shoot it back every single time? Don't people get bored of watching the same show over and over again? Why are kids allowed to go to this thing that features horribly disfigured corpses and shit? There are so many fucking problems with the overly contrived plot it just makes *no* sense whatsoever. And this is rampant in *every* episode, they think they can accomplish way more than they actually can so they try to write this super complicated and cool plot line to get across the ideas they want it to, but instead of doing that the plot is just contrived and the idea comes off as pretentious and dull.

[@memoegylv]

This is how I learn about movies I have never even heard of.

[@duckman12569]

Great movie to cover guys, thanks for this.

[@scottharrison5337]

OMG if you guys do a video on Metropolis my head will EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@seth561]

Scott Harrison agreed

[@RyansGameshowisthebestgameshow]

Seth White you agree that if they do a video on Metropolis that Scott Harrison's head will explode?

[@stitch_u_ation]

nice job -- one of my favorite movies by Terry Gilliam who just makes crazy ass films who no one understands except Terry.

[@incongruentgames]

Hidden Meaning of Ghost in the Shell (1995), Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and What Went Wrong Ghost in the Shell (2017). Also as well.

[@MrRenegadeshinobi]

C.R. Asher fuck yes.

[@giuliom7704]

I am surprised you actually posted a regular episode on April 1. I was prepared for anything!

[@anjetto1]

I feel like a society like this would be really easy to rebel in. If they're so inefficient they'd have a hard time keeping up with you

[@marymccluer1630]

The bureaucracy is so imeshed in people's lives, it is hard to hide anything from the state.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I had no idea that this movie existed, but now I really want to. Terry Gilliam is absolutely brilliant :)

[@hikkusubei]

That explains why the High Sparrow was acting weird in Game of Thrones.

[@Wysiwyg43]

Brazil. The movie that caused me to put two and two together. I used many of the film's metaphors as examples of the world when I was growing up. It made sense. Ergo, I lost my mind before age thirty. True story...

[@deathroman13]

Earthling cinema is the best thing on youtube.

[@-MuhammadHamza]

Do anything! As long as I get to see your majestic brows, which enlightens my day, every day.

[@joshhansen20]

You must do Vertigo. Also, two other PT Anderson films: The Master and Inherent Vice. Please :)

[@noelc8927]

I like this channel alot, but it's so refreshing to see something that isn't a contemporary movie - or Rick and Morty.

[@AMLWow]

Do 1984 (Michael Radford) or Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky)

[@Ygolonac666]

Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't mention 1984 in a Brazil review.

[@malik87breaker]

Andreis movies are great

[@3894850943869]

Do ghost in the shell

[@maxerd]

There's 4 movies, 51 anime episodes and 4 OVAs, which one should they do?

[@TheDanD]

maxerd2 The one most people know as "Ghost in the Shell". You of course knew that was the answer to your own question, and just wanted to be smug about knowing there's more than one film that has "Ghost in the Shell" in it's title. This makes you, effectively, a twat.

[@Rikku147]

maxerd2 the 1995 movie, of course.

[@ScaryMason]

The title of this series contains the word CINEMA so the ones that were in cinemas would be my guess.

[@Sarahmint]

Which one? The good one or the live action?

[@TheBlackDeck]

I woke up this morning, and thought, I wonder when the next ep of Hidden Meaning will come out...? I love this universe.

[@hectorvieira4368]

Not sure if people were really requesting for Brazil, the movie, in the comments. Brazilians -- like me -- tend to just say "Brazil" in comments with no reason at all.

[@Jotari]

Or maybe you are constantly talking about the movie and just don't know it.

[@malik87breaker]

"Hi from Brazil". I now get what their messages are. They need saving. Thanks for claring it out

[@vipero07]

"Who's 'meaning of life' is to dream of 'flying circuses', his 'holy grail'." I assume you left out Life of Brian since it wasn't Terry Gilliam... absolutely awesome concatenation of film names though into one semi reasonable sentence... and now for something completely different.

[@AeroMetalRush]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas!!

[@BraveJoxer]

I thought this old video! I just watched "Brazil", pondered the film, I read a few reviews and can't see it. Pretty fresh review!Thank you!

[@MatheusLB2009]

I'm a brazilian and when i seen the title i was like "wtf"

[@malik87breaker]

Matheus Lacerda "hi from Brazil" makes more sense now. :P

[@EdWiley671]

BOUT FUCKING TIME! THIS MOVIE WAS BEGGING FOR AN EARTHLING CINEMA!

[@a_3x]

So is eating a sexy kind of censor, or a disgusting kind of censor?

[@StefanTravis]

"What's The Difference?"

[@RyansGameshowisthebestgameshow]

It's disgusting

[@a_3x]

Stefan Travis Touchè

[@David_Axelord]

It's sexy. You know, if you're into that sort of thing.

[@MsCherade9]

Semi-Genuine Productions Just depends on what your kink(s) is/are.

[@Solsys2007]

The references on Facebook etc. made me realize that Brazil is even MORE relevant today than it was 30+ years ago.

[@titanicww2345]

Do Ghost in the Shell (1995).

[@maxerd]

There's too much.

[@notmegaming9038]

Thank you for this. This breakdown/analysis is more important than most realize

[@vule92994]

No mentions of Kafka... that's too bad

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Thanks for doing one of my favourite films ever. How about something by David Lynch next? Maybe Blue Velvet or Mulholland Drive?

[@rochaleandro747]

Funny thing is that Brazil, the country, is home to one of the most insane, expensive and swollen bureaucracies on Earth. It's even by far the biggest employer and for some time I had my doubts if Terry G. was aware of that while doing his movie and maybe portrayed Brazil, the reality, as opposed to the illusion in the character's imagination. That would've been great!

[@Minerva_Devi]

One of my all time favourites!

[@eike241095]

But in the end, the real Brazil is just like the movie.

[@TheKeyser94]

Yeah, because everyone loves corporate coups that overthrow your legitimate goverment and the masses are stupid that blinded trust the media that work for foreign governments, because the oligarchy want to crush the poor people and bring down the economy of country to the ground, viva the rich people.

[@hitmanwolf]

Viva... the Rich Peoples.

[@E-63836]

Love the Wisecrack comments!!! Great videos!

[@XavianBrightly]

Hidden meaning of Ghost In The Shell (1995)

[@infinitehoops]

i actually wanted you to do this for a while

[@larsbeckers8871]

Oooh yes! I don't think I've ever clicked on a video this fast. Brazil is easily my all time favorite film.

[@albertosamayoa6030]

One of bests films on history

[@luciolamonica]

...at least aliens from another planet know that brazilians speak portuguese... hehehe!

[@johnathanblair9238]

I have started using wisecrack to give me new movies to watch.

[@Weap0]

That bit about them not censoring the eating in the beauty and the beast video was amazing. 😂

[@raidenwave4219]

Tomorrow was another day... Great stuff

[@kaizokumoobeane]

do Mulholland drive please please please

[@harrison6082]

Lol I like how you joke about someone eating but your picture is you eating

[@ericpa06]

I'm Brazilian. I thought you guys had made an especial about my country haha I'm a little sad now. I need a hug :(

[@davidec.4021]

Eric P. Alvaro you need to fill out a form for that hug

[@andrewdavis7399]

I first saw this movie when it came out in 85'. It's a movie that you love, or in my wifes case hate. Everyone should see it, its like no other movie ever made.

[@joselucas8094]

Jurei que ele ia dizer q a gente fala espanhol no final

[@FunnyFany]

mano, nem eu arriscaria. Galere fica p da vida.

[@SuperSpamcan]

You guys are so good I can watch videos on movies I've never seen and books I've never read. It don't even matter, the jokes are on point and the thoughtful analysis is deep. I can easily go in not knowing anything about what's being discussed and still come out enjoying it. Also, with the Ghost in a Shell movie out, you should dissect the anime series a bit.

[@luizconteudo]

why this movie is called brazil?

[@Urliamo]

because Brazil is percieved as a paradise to escape to (but is not necceserily so) by the citizens of the movies' dystopian country.

[@machib77]

i think is just beacuse the song "Aquarela do Brasil" is played during the whole movie but in different versions setting the tone of every scene. Each versions show different pace and feelings.

[@1rockcrawford]

maybe watch the video and it will tell you.

[@eetur8679]

Did you watch the video?

[@porsche911sbs]

The main character has the song "Aquarelo do Brasil" (often simply called "Brazil" in the English version) stuck in his head throughout the movie.

[@nonenone8638]

Nice job describing the movie, one of my favorite.

[@captainoxycontin6516]

holy ass my heart skipped a beat when i saw this in my feed fav movie of all time cant thank you enough wisecrack

[@ludrixte1938]

Debatably the best film of all time great story high concept great satire and it’s got a pristine retrofurist look to make Del Toro and Carl jealous

[@Deepdarkbasement]

BALLS!!! ... did that get their attention? I hope it did... anyway I'd love to see an Earthling Cinema on any Ralph Bashki film if possible, love y'all keep doing what you do best!

[@jasonblalock4429]

American Pop would probably make for a good episode, and it's probably the best film Bakshi made.

[@WonderBoyDKB]

Is anyone else a little disappointed that when they finally get around to doing an amazing film like Brazil, they spend almost half the run time of the video on a patreon plug?

[@ahsokatanogaming7401]

Notification squad best movfmovfie ever!

[@FurryRod]

Cathy Nifong I have no idea what you said, but what up my notification dude!

[@Cluisanna]

As someone studying cultural science, this series is probably the best illustration of what I actually do at university.. well, except for the fact I do mostly books and my eyebrows aren't that great.

[@ahmednagy7571]

can you make the philosophy of elon musk please and Mr robot

[@himo566]

They already did mr robot

[@ahmednagy7571]

Hi Mo what i didn't see it

[@himo566]

Oh wait that was an inspirations of episode but its still really good

[@JRB179]

Anyone else notice that the editor Ryan was talking about how they didn't censor the eating in Beauty and the beast, while his picture is him eating and it's uncensored?

[@BocajFreedman]

Now that you're doing real films, I'd like to see you do Holy Mountain

[@RyansGameshowisthebestgameshow]

I prefer El Topo

[@woolof9744]

Yeah

[@nardo218]

genuinely appreciate this, for real. i didn't understand a goddamn minute of this movie.

[@ripleyjlawman.3162]

I understood every minute of it, I just needed to make sure I actually understood it instead of just stabbing wildly in the dark.

[@danielt6219]

Can you do a what went wrong of call of duty advanced warfare campaign I know It's not a movie but the critics that it have about private military need to be known and not many people are aware of that message

[@stanley1698]

+

[@brunocar02]

do you even know metal gear? MGS4 did that around 7 years earlier

[@stanley1698]

That works too.

[@cptexe]

what

[@gbdornls]

Daniel Torres If they are going to do abou games as well, might do about a better series of war games with much better story, have you ever heard of metal gear?

[@galindoof]

I just saw this movie 2 days ago. Wisecrack, am I under surveillance?

[@joebc7953]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO DONNIE DARKO

[@jankomarow9437]

Dear Wisecrack would you consider remastering some videos, for example "Crime and Punishment"?

[@curtis3986]

Donnie Darko!

[@MyMilho]

why i am from brazil and never heard of this movie?! :o

[@faithknight400]

in what culture is seeing someone eat offensive?

[@RyansGameshowisthebestgameshow]

the alien kind

[@Wysiwyg43]

Wormuloid can't stand it! SMH... Aliens.

[@ScaryMason]

You never read Space Cadet by Robert A Heinlein?

[@faithknight400]

nope, never heard of it either

[@shaiwriter]

I guess this was supposed to be funny...

[@MartellMedia2]

I need to rewatch this film now. Thanks for this video.

[@klyanadkmorr]

April 1st the Spoof should have been Wormuloid introducing his HUMAN self as the April Fools Prank!

[@dimitreze]

less details of the plot and more analysis of the movie

[@jonathanbeville9367]

When I saw the thumbnail I couldn't help but think, "Moisturize meeee"

[@TheBrood525]

Never watched it, but its seems both funny and incredibly intriguing. Please do Ghost in a Shell!

[@MrZebub]

I'm going to watch this movie just so I can watch the vid.

[@anyatranter5588]

I've just watched it again after years.I loved it as much as when I first saw it.

[@mmmmSmegma]

Brazil is my all time no. 1 favorite movie of all time.