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Keith Pain. In the dystopian masterpiece Brazil, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam, one of the great films of the 1980s, has come to be esteemed alongside antitotalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous ...
Brazil, Terry Gilliam's visionary Orwellian fantasy, is an audacious dark comedy, filled with strange, imaginative visuals. Read Critics Reviews. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • 02/24/24. Rated 2.5/5...
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A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the ...
The movie is awash in elaborate special effects, sensational sets, apocalyptic scenes of destruction and a general lack of discipline. It's as if Gilliam sat down and wrote out all of his fantasies, heedless of production difficulties, and then they were filmed - this time, heedless of sense.
Dec 18, 1985 · TERRY GILLIAM'S ''Brazil,'' a jaunty, wittily observed vision of an extremely bleak future, is a superb example of the power of comedy to underscore serious ideas, even solemn ones.
Salman Rushdie, American Film magazine, 1985 Former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam was at his most ferociously inventive with Brazil, his third solo outing as a director. It follows dreamy pen-pusher (Jonathan Pryce) as he battles a menacing bureaucratic system in pursuit of his ideal woman.
Dec 18, 1985 · Directed by Terry Gilliam. Genres - Drama, Science Fiction, Science & Technology, Comedy | Sub-Genres - Sci-Fi Comedy | Release Date - Dec 18, 1985 (USA) | Run Time - 132 min. | Countries - United Kingdom, United States | MPAA Rating - R. AllMovie Rating. 10. User Ratings (613) Your Rating. Overview. Review. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Awards.
