Sometime in the 20th century, a city whose name is unknown. The Nightmare Before Christmas begins because of a single fly. As ‘Turtle’ suddenly changes to ‘Buttle’, the main character, Sam Lowry, who had no dreams or ambitions, gets caught up in strange events that seem to never end. Whether the heating system explodes or not, the central service staff does not care to arrive, the princess who gently beckoned in her dream suddenly turns into a real-life truck driver and treats Sam like a madman, and the grandmothers who tried to regain their youth through plastic surgery suddenly lose their youth. Acceleration of aging phenomenon leads to death. The protagonist, who got a glimpse of the truth that no one wants to know, can no longer go back to his old self. But is there really a ‘true escape’ other than death or going crazy?
A romantic song like <Brazil> (the song that plays constantly in the movie)… .” Even in a dream, an ordinary records bureau employee can transform into a knight wearing sparkling silver armor and slowly moving his huge wings to soar through the sky, rescuing an enchanted princess from the devil. He is either Don Quixote or Icarus. If we recall that Terry Gilliam’s ‘dream project’ was <Don Quixote>, it would be safe to view <Brazil> as an adventure drama that is a future version of Don Quixote, humming romantic songs and daring to confront the cruel reality with dreams.
The gaze of countless seniors who have despairingly denied a world full of miscellaneous trash is cast darkly throughout <Brazil>. There is no longer room for the romance, fantasy, myths, and legends of the past, and our situation, which has no choice but to reach a state of saturation with disorder while embracing the results of technology and progress, will not change in the future. We will have no choice but to get worse and worse.