Editing Brazil (1985 film) (section)

==Reception==
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Brazil, Terry Gilliam's visionary [[Orwellian]] fantasy, is an audacious dark comedy, filled with strange, imaginative visuals.|ref=yes|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} On [[Metacritic]], the film received a score of 84 based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/brazil |title=Brazil Reviews |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |website=[[Metacritic|metacritic.com]] |access-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727085952/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/brazil |archive-date=27 July 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic [[Kenneth Turan]] described the film as "the most potent piece of satiric political cinema since ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''".<ref name="essay" />

[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' was very positive towards the film on its release, stating, "Terry Gilliam's ''Brazil,'' a jaunty, wittily observed vision of an extremely bleak future, is a superb example of the power of comedy to underscore serious ideas, even solemn ones."<ref>{{cite news |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |title=The Screen: 'Brazil', From Terry Gilliam |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CE5DC153BF93BA25751C1A963948260 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 December 1985 |access-date=27 November 2010 |archive-date=19 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119151408/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/18/movies/the-screen-brazil-from-terry-gilliam.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] was less enthusiastic in the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', giving the film two stars out of four and claiming that it was "hard to follow". He felt that the film lacked a confident grasp on its characters' roles in a story "awash in elaborate special effects, sensational sets, apocalyptic scenes of destruction and a general lack of discipline". However, Ebert did say that "there are several scenes in Brazil that show a lot of imagination and effort". Ebert especially enjoyed one scene in which "Sam moves into half an office and finds himself engaged in a tug-of-war over his desk with the man through the wall. I was reminded of a Chaplin film, ''[[Modern Times (film)|Modern Times]]'', and reminded, too, that in Chaplin economy and simplicity were virtues, not the enemy."<ref>{{cite news |date=17 January 1986 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/brazil-1986 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |title=Brazil |access-date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=13 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213230759/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/brazil-1986 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Colin Greenland]] reviewed ''Brazil'' for ''[[Imagine (game magazine)|Imagine]]'' magazine, and stated that it was "a daring, exorbitant Vision, sombrely funny and darkly true".<ref name="Imagine26">{{cite journal | last = Greenland|first = Colin |author-link=Colin Greenland| title =Fantasy Media  | type = review | journal = [[Imagine (AD&D magazine)|Imagine]] | issue = 26| pages =47 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=May 1985| issn = }}</ref>

===Accolades===
In 2004, ''[[Total Film]]'' named ''Brazil'' the 20th-greatest British movie of all time. In 2005, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' film reviewers [[Richard Corliss]] and [[Richard Schickel]] included ''Brazil'' in an unordered list of the 100 best films of all time. In 2006, [[Channel 4]] voted ''Brazil'' one of the "[[50 Films to See Before You Die]]", shortly before its broadcast on [[FilmFour]]. The film also ranks at number 83 in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Films of All Time".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/83.asp |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |work=Empire |publisher=Bauer Media Group |access-date=17 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814081404/http://www.empireonline.com/500/1.asp |archive-date=14 August 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' ranked ''Brazil'' at number 5 in its list of the top 20 sci-fi movies.<ref name="wired">{{cite magazine |title=The ''Wired'' Sci-Fi Top 20 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |volume=10 |issue=6 |date=June 2002 |url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.06/scifi.html?pg=6 |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106064907/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.06/scifi.html?pg=6 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' listed ''Brazil'' as the sixth-best science-fiction piece of media released since 1982.<ref>{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Wolk |title=The Sci-Fi 25: The Genre's Best Since 1982 |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=7 May 2007 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20037541_20,00.html |access-date=21 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508041356/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20036782_20037403_20037541_20%2C00.html |archive-date=8 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The magazine also ranked the film number 13 on its list of "The Top 50 Cult Films".<ref name="EWCult">{{cite magazine |title=The Top 50 Cult Films |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=23 May 2003}}</ref>

The film was nominated for two [[Academy Award]]s, for [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] ([[Norman Garwood]], [[Maggie Gray]]).<ref name="NY Times">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6977/Brazil/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301142205/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/6977/Brazil/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 March 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |title=Brazil (1985) |access-date=1 January 2009 }}</ref>

According to Gilliam in an interview with [[Clive James]] in his online programme ''Talking in the Library'', ''Brazil'' is—to his surprise—apparently a favourite film of the [[Far-right politics|far right]] in America.<ref>{{cite web|title=clivejames.com|url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1772825659?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAASoY90~,_gW1ZHvKG_2w3ir8qufYQAVrtc8j-AVm&bctid=527390744|work=Talking in the Library Series 3 - Terry Gilliam|access-date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060152/http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1772825659?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAASoY90~,_gW1ZHvKG_2w3ir8qufYQAVrtc8j-AVm&bctid=527390744|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Home media===
A directors' cut of ''Brazil'' was released on [[LaserDisc]] in the United States in December 1993.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=November 6, 1993|title=Letterbox Format's Popularity Widens|last=McGowan|first=Chris|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-11-06.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=73|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> It has also been released several times by [[The Criterion Collection]], as a five-disc LaserDisc set in 1996, a three-disc [[DVD]] in 1999, and a two-disc [[Blu-ray]] in 2012, all with the same special features: a 142-minute cut of the film (referred to by Gilliam as the "fifth and final cut"), Sheinberg's 94-minute "Love Conquers All" cut for syndicated television, and various galleries and featurettes.

Criterion also released a one-disc, movie-only edition in 2006, while the three-disc set was revised to be compatible with widescreen televisions.

A Blu-ray of the 132-minute US version of the movie was released in the US on 12 July 2011 by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Pictures]]. It contains only that version of the film and no extra features.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6116 |title=Brazil Blu-ray Announced |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=22 September 2012 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324190645/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6116 |url-status=live }}</ref>