"BRAZIL"
film by Terry Gilliam 1984
based on George Orwell's novel "1984"
written in 1948
Gilliam's version adds his own Monty Python flavor of dark comedy to an already twisted story of a State in a perpetual state of War through techniques of "double-speak" & constant fabrication & alteration of history.
Neocon strategists are not unfamiliar with Orwellian Authoritarianism. In the book "The Long Short War" neocon Christopher Hitchens admits to studying George Orwell's "1984" for tips on how to control the masses. In fact he got his Doctorate Degree by studying "1984".
Terry Gilliam did not like this version of his film's ending, but some prefer it to the bleak realist / nihilist original ending.
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