The Wonderful World of Uncle Cactus Gilliam

Evangeline 2022-03-15 09:01:02

Dense pipes and flying documents satirize the mechanized office. Suddenly breaking into ordinary houses, Larry and Horton's beautiful morning, Larry's mother's "funeral", the rich second-generation Larry just wants to quietly enjoy the happiness of a small clerk, wants to help people who were caught by mistake, but is slandered instead. The dream that was desperately realized was ruthlessly broken after only one night of enjoyment.

As the clue of the whole film, De Niro is the person who is really going to be caught but never gets caught, and this character is not an evil person, on the contrary, he is one of the few sober and kind people. On the basis of the satire of the whole film, Gilliam uses this character to double satirize the regime's incompetence: catch good people, indulge bad people, and fail to catch people.

Gilliam is like a cactus full of thorns? Rolling back and forth to crush the foam regime, but also to bring a large and sharp soundtrack and a woman's long scream, it hurts my ears and eyes...

Prison-like exclusive office, two people rushing to use the same desk, staff who can't turn on the computer, promotion gifts that decide yes or no, high-end food with beautiful pictures and real disgusting, old women's gossip and cosmetic surgery... Terry Ji There are always many interesting props or settings in Lim's films.

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  • Alisa 2022-04-21 09:01:28

    This film is several times better than the film version of "1984", because the director understands that a political film with satire and metaphor cannot be described with normal themes. He needs Kusturica's madness and imagination to let Exaggeration appears delicate, allowing imagination to fall into life, and then sublime. The subject matter of the movie is very similar to "1984" and "Brave New World", and the movie is even better.

  • Oceane 2021-10-22 14:41:15

    Dystopia, anti-system and homage to the metropolis are undoubtedly unquestionable. But the film itself has a problem with its tempo. Gagging and irritating useless dramas have caused the main plot to be squeezed. In terms of character creation, even if the type bears the name of cult, it cannot I think the performance is really sophisticated. To be precise, it is a film with a better setting than the plot. The knight in the dream, the general shadow warrior and the building-like stone wall are full of metaphors. The last eight minutes are starred.

Brazil quotes

  • Bill - Dept. of Works: Mistakes? We don't make mistakes.

  • Charlie, Department of Works: Bloody typical, they've gone back to metric without telling us.