"Brazil " 1985

When we think of science fiction movies, we have a widespread stereotype that they are about science and technology gadgets. But at the beginning these films proposed something more important, they were a reaction to the social and economic changes due to the Industrial Revolution, as shown in the book Looking at Movies 3th. In the movie Brazil by Terry Gilliam from 1985 we can see all the basic elements of a Sci-fi movie. First we have a world where the technology is the basic of human been, all of these weird ducts passing through the house. Second we have all of this exaggerated behavior, scene and costume.  Third we have this kind of hero, which in all the movies we have seen so far is not so clear but the all have a motive. In this film we have our protagonist, Sam Lowry trying to fix the problem made by a jammed printer that cost a person’s live. So we can say that he is our hero.  Last and for me most important, we have the corrupt of a society by a totalitarian government, which is the main criticism in the movie. I think is a good movie because is a science fiction movie that represent what we have lived for years. It has a lot of unrealistic and ridiculous event but if we think about it is not so far from what we are becoming, the obsession with plastic surgery, a government trying to control everything and we cannot imagine a life without technology and all kinds of gadgets.