Posted by mercury at 00-50-e4-45-ee-4e.bconnected.net on January 18, 2000 at 16:30:47:
In Reply to: Kevin/Askewers: Thoughts on Gilliam's "Brazil" posted by slackerfreak on January 18, 2000 at 15:12:59:
The storytelling technique of using dream-like hallucinations is brilliant. The metaphors are brought to life. In general, the movie is very funny and is a relevant view of the future. I had a friend (who did not like the movie as much as I) say it was like Monty Python on acid. Its quite true - the same silly sense of humour with the bite of satire and social commentary. My favorite quote:
Bill, Department of Works: "Mistakes? We don't make mistakes."
(puts in the plug to fill the hole they've just cut in the floor. It falls through with a crash)
Charlie, Department of Works: "Bloody typical, they've gone back to metric without telling us."