Brazil

Very much enjoyed Brazil. Okay, it was a total mess, but it was a satire; it was allowed to be. I loved the dream sequences, and the broad jokes of plastic surgery, bureaucracy and ineptitude. I loved the zany cameos from various Oscar winners. I loved the high-fantastical sets. The only things I would fault would be the stupid length of the film, the slapdash attitude to story and plausibility and the strange Michael Kamen score that keeps quoting well-known themes in a distracting way. But with the amount of fun everyone in the film was clearly having, all was forgiven. After the film, they showed Casquinha’s BBC ident for the last time!