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I posted the scene to a discussion of this elsewhere. From the no-knock warrant to mistaken identity to the bureaucratic nightmare to the utterly inadequate redress, Gilliam hit this square on the head.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nWbIxFKtTmE



Terry Gilliam moved to England as an adult. England is knee deep in bureaucratic stuff ups and Brazil was practically a documentary. All he did was change the scenery.


To be fair, he also added in a level of tube-based technology that was beyond what was available to consumers of the day. ;)


you forgot war on terrorism. it had it all.




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