Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985) - Ministry of Information

[oscargilfc]

Waaaal • e

[MenwithHill]

It's Wall Street tax department.

[AmazingL4rry]

I work for a huge multinational corporation and this clip is my reality more often that it ever should be.

[Thorpe741]

'I'm a stickler for paperwork."

[icecreamscuseme]

Definitely illicited a grin. The same sort of stuff happened when I went to school and college too. Whenever an authority figure leaves the room, people just chat and throw stuff at each other. At college it was more internet based and people would just roam it to try and distract themselves from the workload and focus on stuff they enjoy more.

[chenalos]

Boss is away. Time to go on the internet.

HOW DID THEY KNOW IT WOULD HAPPEN!?

[carlosdlvg13]

If it wasn't for computer network and modern technology, the offices in every busy will be packed full of workers.

[gravyhouse]

Depressing and hilarious at the same time

[EllinikiTsonta]

hehe, genius scene, genius movie:)

[Crusader1089]

This is what every office would look like if we hadn't invented computer networks

[AronofskysKumo]

I just realized I live in that world.

[VoiceofCthulhu]

I just realized how similar the cinematography is to The Meaning of Life.

[LoneHornToad]

I saw this movie in the theatre when it was first released. I was so affected by it I decided to finally propose to my girlfriend. I love Gilliam movies.

[DCLsMusic]

@LoneHornToad Which part of the movie made you think that you should propose to your gf? I'm asking because I watched this film and got all kind of emotions (specially anguish thinking of what the world's coming to) except the feeling of proposing to somebody... :S

[LoneHornToad]

@DCLsMusic It was the end...when Sam had lost his mind and gone to the "happy place". He missed his chance to be with the woman he loved..I left the theatre resolved not to miss mine...hasty I know but I was pretty young hehehe.

[carpypark]

There IS a need for good administration. Otherwise, god, there'd just be chaos!

[Thorpe741]

I'm a stickler for paperwork.



[Tyraeous]

Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL has nothing specific to do with the actual country. Seriously. It was examining the dehumanizing effects of bureaucracy, and that can happen anywhere.

It took the name from the song, not the country.

[Marioteran42]

@Martius73 Você sabia que "revolucionários" mataram mais gente do povo do que agentes do Etado? Que assassinaram e torturaram, inclusive, os próprios "companheiros? Que a tomada do poder pelos militares ocorreu em 1964, mas em 1961 já havia "revolucionários" "brasileiros" treinando guerrilha em Cuba? Quem em 1962 o 1º quadro de "revolucionários" foi matriculado na academia militar de Pequin? (Onde estava a ditadura militar em 1961 e 62?) Crítica realista? Tá precisando ler algo sério, cidadão...

[coisinhasbanais]

Uncle Bilbo?

[MEpianist]

God bless MICHAEL KAMEN

[CrimsonSword369]

The similarities between Brazil and today are many and obvious, with the major one being the huge domestic spy network now present in the U.S. Also, innocent people have died at the hands of their torturers. The ending was right on as the mind splits to cope with pain by going into another reality. Anyone who has seen the movie "Sybil" knows how personalities are split due to child abuse. This dark futuristic satire is an allegory of what happens when people lose control of their own lives.

[Sugamari]

This is exactly why I figure we could never build the pyramids today!

[0RobinHood1]

@Sugamari we never did

[Eowynnofrohan]

I just saw this yesterday--loved it! But then I love almost anything that has to do with dystopias. What that says about me I'm not sure :)

[BooyahStan]

Wow. It looks like any day at The Boeing Company!

[riverrugger]

Read "1984" by George Orwell. This movie is an excellent parody of a satire. Gilliam is near genius.

[Museegirl0018]

@riverrugger excuse me but Terry Gilliam IS a genuis

[Museegirl0018]

@riverrugger excuse me but Terry Gilliam is a genius

[yurivs]

Brilliant representation of... Brazilcracy.

[hankaaron1961]

The movie should called "Brazil, or how BPI projects ruin good companies".

[JobecRichardson]

Ah, i love the way everyone looks the same.

[autodidactic]

I love at the end, they're all screwing off work and watching YouTube!

[celshader]

This reminds me of the time I worked for the commonwealth bank in Sydney.

[KonFusedKid23]

does anyone know the name of the song?

[celshader]

@KonFusedKid23 Brazil

[yurivs]

@KonFusedKid23 "Aquarela do Brasil" (Ary Barroso) - watch?v=HNdQIzA4bCQ

[monteoner]

its been said so many times, but 1984 becomes more and more relevant as time goes on

[0incorporeal]

@monteoner

Is this supposed to be a rather loose adaptation of 1984? Actually, on that note, the fairly recent (post 2000 definitely) film of 1984 is very good.

[monteoner]

@0incorporeal ive seen bits of an older version of 1984 and it was awful.

and i think this was intended to be a adaptation of 1984, terry gilliam did a course on george orwell at uni and he was originally gonna call brazil 1984 and a half

[jwilson07]

Okay, riddle me this, was the music written first and the scene thought of, or the scene filmed first THEN the music written for it? Help me know the answer!!!

[monteoner]

@jwilson07 music came first, the song is called brazil lol

[thecrimsonfloyd]

I watched this movie a few days ago, and it immediately changed my ideas on film! especially the ending. A happy ending would have been good, but the actual ending was far more perfect than that!

[simonjeste]

WOW, I love this movie, and "Wall-E", and only NOW realized that the music in the Wall-E trailer was from BRAZIL!

[godwhyisthistaken]

whatsong is this?

[brozeiy]

gunthy guthy not guthy gunthy gunthy

[infinitecomplete]

Your Lips, or mine? 0:20

[albertoalga]

why brazil?



[TheMonkeylord2341]

love the music!



[CJAnonymous]

I'm watching this clip while my boss is out of the room. I'm supposed to be working.

That fact says more than any snarky comment I could leave.

[Andressting2000]

lauren estaba caminado en un bosque, después desapareció de repente nunca nadie la encontró hasta 2000 cuando otra chica llamada mary encontró su cuerpo y unas marcas en su pecho decían: no era lo suficiente hermosa%u201D y ahora que haz leído esto ella aparecerá en tu espejo y te matara!( por ciertola chica llamada mary murió poco después) Para poder salvarte pega esto en otros 5 videos

[DaAntnee]

im only sixteen but,

epic fucking movie man !

[ifsey]

The clip's called "The 'Expediters' ". Amazing Choreography. And the best part is when they all sit down to watch Casablanca XD.

[Amamericano]

Respond to this video...great movie!

[Aldrumbumkid]

What is this song called?

[humbleradio]

@Aldrumbumkid "Brazil".

[SeethingWithGoodwill]

Happiness... we're all in it together

[wendsday1233]

No eh Brazil

[chessdawgz]

lmao, that's probably government now too

[lemonjellies]

This is a film all teenagers should watch at least once. Then they can follow whichever path they choose in life.

[ifsey]

@lemonjellies Agreed, I saw it when I was 15 and appreciated much more thereafter XD

[littleterminator]

why the movie calls Brazil?

[humdeabril]

if you lived in brazil you'd know, mate =D

[littleterminator]

por que se chama brasil?

[humdeabril]

ah, você MORA no brasil! :D

bem, eu estava fazendo a piada (recorrente por aqui) de que a burocracia e os absurdos do filme se parecem um tanto com nossa realidade; mas na verdade parece que o filme tem esse nome por causa da música-tema ("aquarela do brasil", de ary barroso).

[humdeabril]

o que parece ainda mais certo é que o filme ia se chamar "1984 e 1/2", em referência ao livro "1984" e ao filme "8 e 1/2"; mas durante as filmagens foi lançado o filme "1984", baseado no livro, e então decidiram mudar o nome deste pra "brazil".

de qualquer modo, um grande filme, né!

abraço.

[DelightfulJackass]

@littleterminator It's named after the recurrent theme song, "Aquarela do Brasil".

[armoredtruck1984]

It is the year 2016 do you know were your Gold Medal is.

[ePhilosopher9]

LMAO...when the boss turns his back and closes the door, they all go watch spaghetti westerns on YouTube. Gotta Love The Future!!!!

[05HK09]

I rated five stars :) GREAT MOVIE!

[fleamarket3000]

reminds me of every job I've ever had

[cuthbertallbad]

Bureaucracy, services, paperwork. That's what it's all about today. Gotta fill 20 forms to get a certificate.

[dunjak111]

Great movie, surely ahead its time...

[AxzeronTheGiant]

Briliant representation of a public system of Sao Paulo (BR).

[xhyio]

Sam, this is information retrieval, not information dispersal.

[Axxeleration84]

welcome to job hell

[bongfodder]

Wow for me it goes a step further in that as I see it we create consensual reality with every thought we make.

[Stigmatainmypants]

I just watched this movie for the first time last night.. It really affected me on a deeply personal level.. Very emotional. At times an absolute joy, and then you have that ending.. Poor Sam.

[sblug2]

@Stigmatainmypants Yeah, the world in this movie leaves only few room for hope, I think. The movie is brilliant and funny, but in a sens I felt it tore my heart. I think this is because I'm a Hollywood classics lover, and this movie has so many nostalgic references to great Hollywood classics (some shots are obvious references to Vertigo or Casablanca).

Gilliam won't make another Brazil.

(Sorry for the faults, I'm french)

[jwilson07]

@Stigmatainmypants .....no, Sam escapes in the best way he can. A happy ending if you look at it in the right twisted way.

[Stigmatainmypants]

@jwilson07 That is about as extreme an example of "Glass half full" as I have sene in a while.. The funny part, though, is i'm sure it's a view that Gilliam would probably epouse! Nice job!

[mackai99]

@Stigmatainmypants you just ruined the ending for me

[Stigmatainmypants]

@mackai99 Did I? Aside from the fact that I think there's a expiration date on someone being able to claim spoiling a movie after, oh say, 20 years, i also don't think i said anything that could possibly prepare you for how this movie ends....

[ideallic]

SPOILER !!!

[96FreakyStyley]

@Stigmatainmypants At least he's where the Ministry can't effect him and finally escaped from his crapsack dystopia world.

[Jonathan6561]

LOL the background music of the Gunfight is that of M.P. Holy Grail when Lancelot charges up the Swamp Castle.

[greypilgrim26]

@Jonathan6561 Actually, isn't it from the "Crimson Permanent Assurance!" Skit before "The Meaning of Life"

Maybe both - but love the fact that the music's from Old Suits going ballistic on the megaclomgomarcorp.

[pikmindoctor]

Reminds me of lessons in the computer room at school :D

[Beatnuki]

i love how films like this and books like '1984' had glimpses into the future... that bit at the end where they sneak to watch videos on their computers whilst the boss isn't looking is like a tongue-in-cheek reference to employees using company internet for their own amusement when they should be working...

[Atomsk87]

Ary Barroso's 1939 song "Aquarela do Brasil" ("Watercolor of Brazil", often simply "Brazil") is the leitmotif of the movie.

[j3parrots]

To Arkanj31 yes its a variation of the song Brazil but I think its called "the office" on the score fill out a B57801 form for confirmation, this will come with a charge but we can loan you the funds at a competitive rate

[Arkanj3l]

Anyone know the song?

[yiddlipo]

It's called 'Brazil'.

[maxh0725]

sure is

[dlp2006]

hmrc?

[thaiszizu]

Affffffff ¬¬°

[georgekostaras]

I saw this movie two years ago, scared the hell out of me.

My mom saw this twenty years ago, she says that in all that time, the film still applies to real life like it did back then.

[SingHouse]

i was about 10 when I watched this. Scared the living shit outta me too. Since then I've grown in permanent fear of dystopia and totalitarianism.

[georgekostaras]

Couldn't agree with you more. To this day, I trust no government and have faith in nothing that our leaders say.

Stay vigilant, my friend.

[estesoyojajaja]

@georgekostaras What is this film `bout?

[sicarim]

@estesoyojajaja A future of unmitigated government regulation on the identity of individuals gone awry.

It has a very, very unhappy ending (sorry) and was one of the most brilliant films ever made.

problem is government regulation of the individuals has been displaced by the corporate regulation of individuals.

[estesoyojajaja]

@sicarim Can you say the same but in english pleas.

[Jasonbobdude]

@georgekostaras Actually I'd say this movie is probably getting MORE relevant as time goes on.

[rebecca7730]

Superbe chorégraphie....belle leçon de mise en scène !

[youvebeenthunderstru]

HAHAHAHAHA, I love it. Boss leaves and everyone abandons all semblance of work.

[hamlet214]

name of this song?????

I know is another version of Brazil

[kingofswing86]

Aquarela do Brasil

[hamlet214]

thanx

[maxh0725]

ya. tv time!!

[yourass117]

I love the tiny tv screens with the giant magnifying glass they have in front of it!

[mcmanusdown]

screen sizes come standard lol

[sanetstef]

sqsqsqs

[bigboyhotstuff]

what is this movie about someone please respond....please

[killumianti99]

i think its about technology like rfid chips and how they are immoral and can be used to control the masses

[mmyyddddd]

i dont know i was pretty high at the time, but i think its kind of the same stuff the guy below said. society today, but with all the bullshit maxed out on, like the wrongnesses of the government and just that mindset, and this one guy wants a way out so he conjures up these people based on the ideas they represent inside him, and then the end is like no one can really get away, the only way you can is by going crazy, its the fortelling of society as how terry sees it to be. i think thats it...

[SniffTheHedgehog]

It's '1984'/'Brave New World' re-imagined, like they did for 'Battlestar Gallactica' ... a look into the crystal ball of the not too distant future ... where governments are inherently corrupt, home grown terrorists are simply 'bad sports', where love, however great, is a refuge but not a panacea, and insantiy requires a 27B-6!!!!

[reservoirdog]

correcta muendo!

basic ideology of how conformist governments become corrupt when they become tyranical in nature and use the simple justification that their wrong doings was "for the better of the people"

[Lemonio42]

its about dreams.

and how society destroys them.

[monkey5000]

quite a tracking shot, amazing set. reminds me of the war room in dr strangelove but longer and more intensely packed with detail. Gilliam always was one for intense detail. Reminds me in place of Blade Runner another dystopian work of utter genius. BTW Pailns performance in this film is OUTSTANDING and is often forgotten for his prev work.

[superlubes]

oh my heart aches for how much i love this movie

you're correct Gilliam is a genius

[ivanover]

Yep man, same here!

[roguealien]

i love this scene

[hollymade]

I love the shot of Mr. Krutzmann standing outside his office.

[sagi7ario]

This is a masterpiece!

[puccini007]

one of my favorite travelling shots in any film...

[ButSomethinGotToGive]

Oh no you don't. you must have me mistaken from robert from dessert justs...

no it must have been alice ghostley

[hypnotstcollector]

When I like a girl who is a secretary or works in a bureaucracy and such i make a plaque for her: "Department of Redundancy Department".

[PlanetMan77]

I've been trying for ages to find this version of the song. Anyone is welcome to help me out.

[cashdubbed]

This song is called Aquarela do Brasil. This version is in english and is the same name but english, Watercolors of Brasil.

[filmfanatic99]

Where can I find a torrent for the American cut of this film. I already tracked down the european cut of this film and I can readily buy the criterion DVD.

[Lemonio42]

filmfanatic99

by american cut do you mean the super shortened and edited terrible american version?

it is known as love conquers all

if you buy the criterion dvd the love conquers all version is available on it

however i do not reccomend watching it

it murders a truly ingenious movie

[filmfanatic99]

No I mean the American Theaterical cut released in theaters. The love conquers all version was on TV right?

[Lemonio42]

no. the love conquers all version was the one released in america. terry gilliam had a very public fight with the big universal guy sid sheinberg and he didn't allow gilliam to release his version of the movie

the real version never really showed in theaters except gilliam's clandestine screenings to the LA critics who immediatly awarded it tons of awards which prompted the limited release of the real version

[filmfanatic99]

I heard there were 4 versions:

-The love conqeurs all version (or the Sheinberg edit)

-The American Theaterical cut

-The European Theaterical cut

-The Director's Cut

[euphoriafish]

filmfanatic99 is correct. There are 4 versions and two of them are on the Criterion DVD-- Director's Cut and Love Conquers All. I myself have also seen the American Theatrical cut, which was rentable at Blockbuster when I first saw the movie in 1998. No telling if they'd still have it, since it is only on VHS and the tapes have gotta wear out sooner or later. It is closer to the Director's Cut than the Love Conquers All, but does not have the scene with Mr. Helpmann as Santa at the end.

[sandprof]

what about the directors' c*nt?

[ButSomethinGotToGive]

indigenous but you are gonna have to show me your tits for mardi gras beads, get blue steel chick in here, the man who sailed around his soul, and don't call me Drakkar

[malcicco78]

thank's gilliam for your movies!! i also love the 12 monkeys and fear and loathing in Las Vegas..great fantasy and great scenography.

[Skulllco]

I love this song because it has such depth and emotion, but still keeps that fast pace craziness of the scene. Bravo Michael Kamen! The movie was really well made and so creative, Although the ending is depressing, i still loved Brazil, Amazing work by Terry Gilliam!

[hollymade]

But is the end actually depressing? Gilliam has said that he wanted to make a movie where the happy ending was someone going insane. Sam escapes the crazy, bureaucratic nightmare world and now lives in the idyllic world of his dreams.

[corpweb]

my fav fav fav film of all times!

[drcoxcentral]

This was one of my favorite scenes to show how ridiculously heartless,high tech and fast pace the ministry acts.

[tinkafoo]

Bilbo! Bilbo Baggins! The bravest little hobbit of 'em all!

[drcoxcentral]

Also I thought it was neat that he played Frodo in the BBC radio version of LOTR and he calls out "Sam" in the movie which I thought it was neat bit of irony there.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

And "Kurtzmann" means "Short man" ..I found this extra info on it too: "Mr. Kurtzman: (German for "short man"): small in stature and success. Named after the editor of "Help" (Harvey Kurtzman), a magazine that director Terry Gilliam worked for in the mid-60s

[plan3t9]

Gilliam originally conceived of this movie by imagining a man on a coal-dust polluted English beach with a little transistor radio listening to a static laden version of the song "Brazil" and having the music be a touchstone of sorts for brightening his dreary existence.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

Nice image. Thanks!

[RussianAlfonso]

I wish Gilliam had been more clear about the meaning(s) of the title. The song (originally with Portuguese lyrics, although the English version was an internationally hit) is about dreams and nostalgia. The character in this movie also has his dreams~ but the connection is very subtle

[ysplse]

Ah the genius that is Terry Gilliam.

One of my fave directors and Brazil one of my all time favourite films.

[silenciomarginal]

django reinhardt hace una version de brazil

[NeuEraxFilms]

hey whats the name of this song? the title of this song?

[funkmike]

"Brazil". Duh.

[bryson217]

It's "Central Services/The Office", track #1 on film's soundtrack.

[RussianAlfonso]

Its a theme from the song "Aquarela do Brasil (Brazil)" It seems to be the introduction, repeated several times, and perhaps sped up a bit. The film's connection to the song, beyond the title, is a bit obscure to me. It's very beautiful, anyways.

[CanoPinto]

Not portuguese lyric. this music is by Ari Barroso (1939), brazilian, and created a new musical genre "samba exaltação". Besides they use the music, "Brazil" is a old mythical land in a traditional Irish legendy. A utopic land.The movie is not a reference to the country but escapist beahaviors and utipical dreams.

[RussianAlfonso]

Brasil, meu Brasil brasileiro, Meu mulato inzoneiro, Vou a cantar-te nos meus versos. Ô Brasil, samba que dá Bamboleio que faz gingá.

Ô Brasil do meu amor, Terra do Nosso Señor,

Brasil, Brasil, prá mim, prá mim! Ô abre a cortina do passado. Tira a mae* preta do cerrado. Bota o rei congo no congado. Brasil, Brasil, prá mim, prá mim! Deixa cantar de novo o trovador Á merencória luz da lua Toda cançao de meu amor. Quero ver a Sà Dona caminando Pelos saloes arrastrando...

[enemyofbohemia]

This is a great tracking shot, cleverly divided into two shots, actually. It must have taken a massive amount of coordination.

[GianZena]

kafka

[ePhilosopher]

i mean that raging china shop, karmically

[ePhilosopher]

how bout thar bedeardo; eh

[efex2007]

In this George W. Bush's era the movie should be renamed to "United States"

[escape421521]

You know what's great? When someone ruins subtext by going "OH HEY LOOK IT'S JUST LIKE THAT OTHER THING!"

We know. It's called subtext. We get what it's referencing. Hence. Subtext.

[efex2007]

How can someone say that commenting about the possible meanings of a subtext means destroying it?

If it were so, the critics of art would lose their jobs.

[escape421521]

My point is best illustrated by the orig commnt.

"In this George W. Bush's era the movie should be renamed to 'United States'"

The point of the movie is to satirically portray bureaucracy (and big opressive gov.) the comment was essentially someone saying "The movie should be called 1984." It is perfectly acceptable to comment about subtext. I've generally accepted that it should be done w/ a good degree of subtlety and tact as well.

[efex2007]

Subtexts have the virtue of being timeless. This is what happens to the bible, the Koran, the Constitution, etc., where the interpreters adapt their open messages to their reality.

So there is no reason to think that subtexts are open only to ethereal or subtle comments.

[EATshitanddrinkbleac]

Too OFFICE for you?

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Knowing Terry Gilliam, he'd want to do more than to just deliver a homage to Orwell, it would be too obvious. Although certainly he was aware of the 1984 connoctations here.

[HenryvKeiper]

Gilliam actually admits in the commentary for the movie that he never read 1984.

i love this scene.