Brazil

Ok first I want to apologize for not being able to post this sooner, but I've been having some problems with internet at my house.

As for that movie Brazil Terry Gillian said that he wanted to make a movie where the only happy ending was where the main character went insane. To me this was quite an interesting goal, and at the end it really did exemplify the descent into insanity, but I'm not entirely sure that this was a "happy" ending. The stereotypical happy ending would have had him run off with the woman. However, having the story play out in the way it did with the Ministry capturing him and torturing him was quite the horrific ending, yet even when he went insane, I didn't feel it was a relief of the pain, in fact it almost felt like it was more anguish then physical torment, so this confused me. However, Gillian also has said that he hates being quoted so he often lies about his work. Did he maybe lie about the inspiration for this movie was that the only happy ending was the main character going insane? I'm not sure. Maybe I'm just not detached enough from the steroetypes to appreciate this ending as "happy" but maybe Gillian also meant for it to be this way.