Brazil

Its the name of a futuristic paradise, where everyone wants to go - music, free life and salsa dancers, that must be their marketting strong points. The movie is a sort of retro-futuristic prophecy or commentary whatever you may call it. More than science or gadgets(they are there) the emphasis of the film is on the political and social scene in a futuristic society.

Post 9/11 this Terry Gilliam masterpiece has become all the more relevant and the Oscar nominated screen play is eerily remniscent of what the real world is now, replete with 'terrorists', 'patriot acts' and 'dept of homeland security', just as in the film! Everybody is scared of terrorists and the government is actively hunting them down, 'deleting' many innocent citizens taken into custody without any need of warrants and this ironical situation receives the pie in the face when one of the character asks another, "but tell me, how many terrorists have you seen in real life?" and the other character racks his brains just to come up with the conclusion, "None". Does it remind you of something? Or have you got trapped in this film called 'Brazil'?