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At the risk of courting downvotes, Brazil from 1985. Not 100% sci-fi, as there are some comedy/fantasy/horror elements, but boy is it just wild. I don't know wh
by tigerlily 4y ago
At the risk of courting downvotes, Brazil from 1985. Not 100% sci-fi, as there are some comedy/fantasy/horror elements, but boy is it just wild. I don't know where Terry Gilliam gets his inspiration from.
- nullify88 4y agoI'd say its a fine suggestion. A dystopian movie portraying a futuristic, overly bureaucractic government which is highly dependent on unreliable whimsical machines paired with a hyper consumerist society. Robocop and Running Man portray similar scifi futures / society.
- rzzzt 4y agoThey each have a big corporation pulling the strings, OCP and ICS.
- rzzzt 4y agoReal-life bureaucracy?
- oboes 4y agoThis is one of my favorite films, maybe my favorite sci-fi film. The "steampunk" way in which future technology is depicted is one of the reason Brazil aged so well IMO. I would actually consider it to be a free adaption of Orwell's 1984.
- bazoom42 4y agoBrazil is so billiant because it depicts a technologial socity where the technology is full of bugs and often malfunction - just like reality. Most dystopian sf assume technology just works but is used for evil purposes. Brazil suggest the terrorist bombings are really just explosions caused by bad plumbing.
- phatfish 4y ago12 Monkeys is also a great sci-fi Gilliam movie, not underrated though :) Is there some dislike for Terry Gilliam? Can't think why anyone would want to downvote Brazil here.
- jbaber 4y agoI love Brazil and nagged lots of friends to see it. I now see through their eyes that it's pretty long if you're not enjoying the scenery.
- sorokod 4y agoEvery time I watch Brazil, I am surprised to discover Robert De Niro in it. Every time.