dark future

Darius 2022-03-16 09:01:03

It seems that all serious philosophers and sociologists in the West inevitably make pessimistic predictions about the future of human society, which seems to have a huge impact on the film. Sam's poor and weak body and the huge body of the demon king in his dream seem to be telling the helplessness and suffering of weak individuals under a powerful system. Sam found out that the face of the demon king was his own, which also seemed to imply that Sam also helplessly became the system and the Part of the anti-institutional blend. An anti-centralization, anti-bureaucratic, anti-government, anti-system, anti-mainstream culture film, the end of the film reminds me of The Matrix, Blade Runner... That kind of sad feeling believes that everyone in the system can profound experience.
At the end of the film, Sam was turned into a vegetative person, and his mind lived in his own utopia forever, but his body still did not escape the powerful system. This is also the director's pessimistic understanding of contemporary society and the prediction that there is no way out for the future, which reminds me of a lyric from the California Hotel: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

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  • Camila 2022-03-22 09:01:22

    This imagination. crazy. Big Cult film, cult shines golden. They say it's the 1984 movie version. He also said that Kafka's Castle and the Trial should be made into movies like this. Soderberg was clearly inspired by the film, see Kafta (1991). The director's cut version is 142 minutes long, which is really tiring to watch. I stopped blinking by the end. De Niro just got eaten by document receipts? !

  • Adell 2021-10-22 14:41:15

    Look again, every second is shocked by the unparalleled Production Design. At the end, there is a tribute to the three Odessa ladders; the expressionist oppressive utopia, the complex pipelines are like the intestines of the behemoths of the city, and the diffuse steam is its ruthlessness. Breath. Where is Brazil? Brazil can be in Brazil, Brazil can also be anywhere: that is what the mediocre heart desires, a little relaxation under endless high pressure, and the last line of defense against torture. Brazil may be close at hand, but after all, it is far away. In a world where private pipeline repairs are regarded as crimes, only red tape bureaucracy is normal.

Brazil quotes

  • Mrs. Buttle: What have you done with his body?

  • Jack Lint: Until this whole thing blows over, just stay away from me.