tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post116426549272878241..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)Noel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-90799816973713456422011-07-24T06:46:08.666-04:002011-07-24T06:46:08.666-04:00Something like that. Business as usual till you re...Something like that. Business as usual till you realize nothing is usual.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-56727446913577457762011-07-23T11:15:47.621-04:002011-07-23T11:15:47.621-04:00Sam is not a hero nor is he an anti-hero. He's...Sam is not a hero nor is he an anti-hero. He's an emasculated everyman who, like everyone else, looked away as the barbarians took control and is now mulling his way through the aftermath. He consoles himself with escapist fantasy and the thought that those in control might be loathsome, but heck, they couldn't actually be dangerous, could they? His assumption that the levers of power are held by nothing more than petty little bureaucrats leads him to blindly ignore warnings and invite the barbarians to his gate where he finds out too late exactly what the complacency of the citizenry has wrought.Chrishttp://nonstop80s.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com