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Actors: Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Brazil |
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Sam, a low-level functionary, does not care for his career in the bureaucratic and totalitarian society he is living in, or for the war waged by a terrorist group and the ruthless police force. He spends his nights (and big part of dull days) dreaming and seems quite happy about this lifestyle, until one day he meets a woman who appears in his dreams. From this moment, he will do whatever necessary to find this woman.
Brazil is directed by Terry Gillian. The film, although loosely based On George Orwell's “1984” retains Month y Python's visual appearance and gags, while telling a hardcore sci-fi story.
--Vladimir Kokorev, Resident Scholar
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In Terry Gilliam's marvelous portrait of a not-too-distant dystopia, things are breaking down while the government tries to keep an Orwellian grip on information. Pryce is an unremarkable government functionary who discovers a bureaucratic error and in trying to correct it becomes an enemy of the state. He fantasizes about flying away from technology and control to the woman of his dreams. Eventually he meets her, but under less-than-ideal circumstances as the full weight of the government (especially his smooth-sinister former friend played by Michael Palin) comes down on him. Lots of lovely details in this funny-unsettling movie, from Pryce's plastic surgery-loving mum to De Niro's refreshing cameo as a Spiderman-like terrorist. Ian Holm and Bob Hoskins also have disquieting cameos. Writer-director Terry Gilliam, a Monty Python vet, was after more serious game with this film, and he had an epic battle with Universal Studios chair Sidney Sheinberg to keep a stupid happy ending from being tacked onto his bleak creation.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Repressive Society
Yes
Repression:
- locks you away
- strict rationing of freedom/goods
Parody movie?
Yes
Who's being repressed/enslaved?
- humans are slaves
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) crewcut/very short
Body type
- very skinny (man)
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
- sad
- tougher
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 20%
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- an organization
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 80%
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
- Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie
- funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
- exotic big cities
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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