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Ha I came here to say this when there was only 1 comment on the page, and you beat me to it. Great movie... too bad we're actually living in it?

• dredmorbius 10y ago
  I posted the scene to a discussion of this elsewhere. From the no-knock warrant to mistaken identity to the bureaucratic nightmare to the utterly inadequate redress, Gilliam hit this square on the head. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWbIxFKtTmE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWbIxFKtTmE
  • ekianjo 10y ago
    you forgot war on terrorism. it had it all.
  • RantyDave 10y ago
    Terry Gilliam moved to England as an adult. England is knee deep in bureaucratic stuff ups and Brazil was practically a documentary. All he did was change the scenery.
    • threepipeproblm 10y ago
      To be fair, he also added in a level of tube-based technology that was beyond what was available to consumers of the day. ;)