Steven Brence
10-11-2009, 04:26 PM
1. What does the development within his dreams suggest about the development of Sam Lowry as a character?
2. What is the relationship between humanity and technology as presented in the film?
3. What does Deputy Minister Helpmann’s reliance on analogies from sports, particularly cricket, suggest about his attitude towards what he and others do?
4. Why is Sam’s boss named Mr. Kurtzmann?
5. Why does Sam prefer to stay in a job in which it is impossible to get noticed?
6. What place does nature have in the world of “Brazil”?
7. Why is “Brazil” set at Christmas time?
8. What is “Brazil” asserting regarding the possibilities for personal agency, responsibility, and accountability?
9. What is the purpose of the film-world's retro avant-garde styling?
10. In so far as the film announces that its events take place at “8:49 p.m. …somewhere in the 20th Century” (a claim missed by many critics upon its initial release who commonly regarded it as presenting a dystopian future), it is meant as some kind of commentary upon the present. What is the substance of that commentary? How is “Brazil”, despite its initially unfamiliar appearance, a portrait of the Western world, circa 1985?
11. When does the theme music appear in the film and what does it signify?
12. Why is the film titled “Brazil”?
2. What is the relationship between humanity and technology as presented in the film?
3. What does Deputy Minister Helpmann’s reliance on analogies from sports, particularly cricket, suggest about his attitude towards what he and others do?
4. Why is Sam’s boss named Mr. Kurtzmann?
5. Why does Sam prefer to stay in a job in which it is impossible to get noticed?
6. What place does nature have in the world of “Brazil”?
7. Why is “Brazil” set at Christmas time?
8. What is “Brazil” asserting regarding the possibilities for personal agency, responsibility, and accountability?
9. What is the purpose of the film-world's retro avant-garde styling?
10. In so far as the film announces that its events take place at “8:49 p.m. …somewhere in the 20th Century” (a claim missed by many critics upon its initial release who commonly regarded it as presenting a dystopian future), it is meant as some kind of commentary upon the present. What is the substance of that commentary? How is “Brazil”, despite its initially unfamiliar appearance, a portrait of the Western world, circa 1985?
11. When does the theme music appear in the film and what does it signify?
12. Why is the film titled “Brazil”?