Movie Nights at the SLM. Films of the 1980ies
Organitza:
Servei de Llengües Modernes
Lloc:
Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials
All films are on Thursdays at 7.30 pm in Facultat Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials - room 4/5
Thursday 29th November Brazil (1985) is from director Terry Gilliam - a
combination science-fiction, black comedy and fantasy that combines elements of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), George Orwell's 1984, Kafka's The Trial, Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). Throughout this superb film that satirizes modern technological society, one can glimpse government propaganda signs preaching conformity and Big Brother wariness - all references to Orwell's 1984. This popular and compelling film is one of the most visually imaginative, breath-taking, eccentric films ever created, with incredible sets and dazzling inventiveness. The most memorable and outrageous components in the absurdist film include the ugly, violent, nightmarish urban environment, and the miles of inept plumbing and piping that continually proliferate and threaten to malfunction.