Brazil

The film Brazil was certainly an interesting one; though I suppose it's fair to say that all post-modernist creations are fairly interesting by nature. Much like in Flaubert's Parrot I felt lost in the story's complicated ups and downs. I was even more confused when Robert DeNiro showed up and the main character spun an entire fantasy ending for himself. I will say, however, that the movie was pretty amazing. The futuristic-esque setting really brought the characters and plot to life and I couldn't help but laugh at the random pipes and tubes dropped into the film at completely awkward moments. Still not sure what the overall theme (or should I say themes?) of the film was—but being as it is post-modernist, I suppose the point is not to convey some sense of a universal truth, but rather to complicate matters to such a high extent that a universal truth is neither universal or the truth.