Move Over Nostradamos | Brazil | Jim Broadbent, Ray Cooper (II)

Amazing Set for a Classic Film | Brazil | Jim Broadbent, Ray Cooper (II)

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	• Brazil Jim Broadbent, Ray Cooper (II) Universal Studios, 1998 average customer review:based on 399 reviews view larger image
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The Best Movie of All Time!

Next to "All About Eve," Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL is the best movie of all time. This Criterion Box set has it all, every version, including the botched "family friendly" version edited for American TV. Gilliam takes George Orwell's story of 1984 turns it upside down and inside out creating a masterpiece of dark comedy and horor that you won't soon forget. Many people who have seen BRAZIL only one time really haven't seen it at all. This DVD is a keeper to watch again and again. Katherine Helmond is priceless, ("I know simply everybody!") and Johnathon Pryce as the "fool in love" Lowry gives a heartbreaking but brilliant performance. Robert DeNiro as a renegade plummer gives a smashing cameo performance. Although Gilliam says that BRAZIL should not be compared to political events happening in the world today, it's kind of ironic due to all the similarities...you be the judge.

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Move Over Nostradamos

As prophetic a look at the empire crumbling as you're ever likely to get.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Pretty safe prediction.
Big Brother is us and we are our own victims. We had best sprout wings and soar while we can. Now...if only the Man of La Mancha had stood his ground! Signed...The Deppster.

Amazing Set for a Classic Film

After I first watched Brazil about a year ago,...I was rather confused. The plot seemed like it was supposed to make sense yet I couldn't get my head around a few points in the film and their meaning. Several discussions later I got it and the 2nd and 3rd viewings have only brought more elements of the film to light. This interesting presentation by Terry Gilliam based somewhat on 1984 is often considered to be one of the top 100 films in the 20th century.

Regardless of the films merit, this particular collection is well worth the wait and the extra cash. The video quality is far superior to the original Criterion release while the rest remains relatively unchanged. All the extras, while very interesting, are the same except that the essay on the film is this time included on the extras disk instead of as a pamphlet like in the original release. The slip cover also has a different piece of artwork but neither are far superior to the other in my mind.

If you don't already own the first edition of the Criterion release, this is a good edition and generally cheaper than the original release. If you do, Criterion also sells disk 1, the feature film, by itself. Giving you the option of upgrading to the cleaned video and true wide screen without re-buying the set.

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Thrilled and disappointed

What can I say about Brazil that hasn't already been said. Yes this may be a difficult movie for some to understand, but it is well worth the time.

While I was thrilled with the extras included by Criterion with this release, I was disappointed as well. The feature about the problems with the US release of the film were informative and entertaing. I also enjoyed the studios hack job to redesign the film for US release.

However, I had hoped for a bit more, while the transfer of the film was good, I had hoped that the audio would have been remixed to Dolby Digital 5.1 as least, considering the cost.

Still all in all this is an excellent film and a must for any collection

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The War on Terror

Brazil presaged the War on Terror 20 years before it happened. Watching it now brings on a terrible feeling that the future will always look like this with an omnipresent government controlling its people. In the restuarant scene (where the people keep on eating even though the place has been subjected to a terrorist attack) is Baghdad today and perhaps your town tommorrow.
It's the real 1984 - watch it and learn.

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