A tribute episode to our friend Lewis Liberman to discuss one of his favorite films, Terry Gilliam’s noir steampunk, “Brazil”.
A bureaucrat, in a retro-future world, tries to correct an administrative error and becomes an enemy of the state. Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro and Michael Palin star in this landmark cult classic about a government clerk in a future world who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity.
It’s a movie about bureaucracy and totalitarian control with a populace of lobotomized passivity of consumerism. Mistaken identity due to a clerical error leads to government kidnapping and coverup intermixed with heroic dream sequences of saving himself from himself? Perhaps it’s all in his head. And remember, information is prosperity. Don’t suspect a friend. Report him.
There’s a “happy” version where he awakes from the nightmare with the woman he thought had died. In the director’s version discussed in this episode, the dream is the happy version in his lobotomized state of sitting in a chair with a grin as he finally escapes the horror of his world.
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Brazil
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro), he meets the woman from his daydream (Kim Greist), and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
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During the show, we mentioned that this episode is in tribute to our friend Lewis who passed away suddenly on February 3rd at the age of 41. He leaves a wife and son who are devastated by this very tragic event. There are funeral arrangements and other expenses that are mounting, so if you would like to help out here as well, please click this link to go to the GoFundMe: http://www.actualanarchy.com/lewis
Lewis Liberman was his stage-name for his efforts surrounding Libertopia Cartoons which you can find on this very site and also at: https://libertopiacartoon.wordpress.com/
He had just released a book showcasing his artistry and was recently featured in an interview, alongside his wife on Blastoff! with Johnny Rocket and Raylene Lightheart:
Blast Off! With Johnny Rocket Episode 30: Media Madness! (W/Lewis Liberman & Julie Wilder)
Here are Lewis and his wife Julie’s appearances on our show:
Lewis and I had discussed him returning as a guest to discuss one of his favorite films, “Brazil”, and we never made it happen. We hope that we covered the movie well in his honor.
Here is a moving tribute to him written by the Dissident Mama:
Here are the various show notes that we mentioned during the show:
A decent analysis of Brazil trying to find meaning in the movie:
What Does This Movie Mean? Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” (1985)
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Here is the Doug Casey interview that we touched on briefly as well:
According to Gilliam in an interview with Clive James in his online program Talking in the Library, Brazil is—to his surprise—apparently a favorite film of the far right in America.
Next week we will dust off the ‘ol super suits and get into the sequel of Disney Pixar’s Incredibles by Brad Bird with Incredibles 2, now available on that Netflix. Be sure to watch it ahead of time as we are going to do spoilers galore, as per usual.
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