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Re:‘12 Monkeys’: Why Terry Gilliam’s Movie Is Relevant Today by tunap on Saturday November 24, 2018 @09:25AM (#18522114)
While I loved 12 Monkeys story & most of TG's body of work, I must posit "Brazil" is more relevant in our non-fiction world than anything else he has done. I hesitate to note the multitude of similarities to our current state of information retrieval & bureaucracies. Zero Theorem seemed to touch the needle but sorta fizzled out mid-way(IMO).

Yes, I did not RTFA.

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Re:‘12 Monkeys’: Why Terry Gilliam’s Movie Is Relevant Today by booleandilemma on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:07AM (#18522299)
Do you at least have a 27B/6?
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Re:‘12 Monkeys’: Why Terry Gilliam’s Movie Is Relevant Today by 52-6F-62 on Saturday November 24, 2018 @11:07AM (#18522625)
I have to admit I still haven’t seen Brazil but it’s been on the to-Watch list for a long time.

Zero Theorem just managed to depress the hell out of me for a week or so.

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Re:‘12 Monkeys’: Why Terry Gilliam’s Movie Is Relevant Today by hnmonkey on Saturday November 24, 2018 @11:35AM (#18522739)
Oh you should. It's a great movie. Absolutely weird and surreal but great. Some of the themes you'll pick up from it are pervasive across tons of other movies and genres all condensed into one wild ride.
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Re:‘12 Monkeys’: Why Terry Gilliam’s Movie Is Relevant Today by justin66 on Saturday November 24, 2018 @02:18PM (#18523533)
The thing you have to know about Brazil is, it's perfectly okay not to like Brazil at all. I can't call a movie most people have never seen "overrated," but people can get really weird about Brazil...
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Re:‘12 Monkeys’: Why Terry Gilliam’s Movie Is Relevant Today by thanosnose on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:57AM (#18522571)
Agreed. I like 12 monkeys better as a movie ( just my style of movie ) but brazil is a far more realistic dyspotian reality. Dystopia by the mundane and the bureaucratic rather than a mad genocidal scientist.
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