Gilliam's manifesto as a director. With this movie he gave us his aesthetic, he expressed through it a dark world of suggestion, fear and isolation. Bureocracy, rigid identity of people and services, adoration of the ego to the point of elevating oneself to divinity,where no mistakes are made, the world is perfectly perfected with each and every move one makes, that sinks him deeper into utter isolation and self-admiration. This is not about Orwell, about 1984; It is more about Kafka.It is about endlessly seeking the other person, about the need to participate, to communicate, the need to love, to know, to Be, and the Rejection of this need. The need is rejected both internally and externally, the worst pipes and proper channels are inside our heads, and threaten our very dreams. Structures that torture our subconscious minds are reproduced into our social life, they become the structure of society itself. The world of Brazil is an abstraction of these archetypal figures that reject our individuality, our needs as individuals. Societies are not made of governments or regimes or monarchs; they are made by people, and this movie is about the universe, the mythology, the symbols of an individual with chained wings.Revolution will come crashing the walls of reality, together with the shattered body that was tragically bound to them. What a great beauty this film possesses! How masterfully directed, the visual suggestion is crystal clear throughout the duration of the film, everything fits perfectly into an original,provocative and Sarcastic whole. There is Irony behind these sets, sometimes bitter. There is irony, fear and ruthlessness.There is Elliot's poetry,with Nietschze's sarcasm.It is one of the greatest films.
Review of Brazil
