I always wondered if name and dreamy search in Brazil (1985 movie) for a mystical place (and woman) was motivated by Hy-Brasil. I suppose it has been debunked,

I always wondered if name and dreamy search in Brazil (1985 movie) for a mystical place (and woman) was motivated by Hy-Brasil. I suppose it has been debunked, but it still seems apropos... http://stanleyrumm.com/?p=12 http://stanleyrumm.com/?p=12 “Port Talbot [in Wales] is a steel town, where everything is covered with gray iron ore dust. Even the beach is completely littered with dust, its just black. The sun was setting, and it was quite beautiful. The contrast was extraordinary, I had this image of a guy sitting there on this dingy beach with a portable radio, tuning in these strange Latin escapist songs like ‘Brazil’. The music transported him somehow and made his world less gray.” Terry Gilliam