Postmodernist 'Brazil' to play at Spaulding
By Ben Guaraldi | May 1, 1997Revolutionary filmmakers Terry Gilliam and Tom Stoppard pooled their efforts in 1985 to create the renowned cinematic commentary on technology's impact in "Brazil," which is playing Sunday in Spaulding Auditorium. Stoppard, the accomplished British dramatist renowned for the post-modern plays "Arcadia" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," has a deep love of talking on the same level as an intelligent audience--and as such has generally steered clear of the film world. Terry Gilliam, the post-modern animator for Monty Python (also credited with "Time Bandits," "The Fisher King" and "Twelve Monkeys") has a penchant for creating vivid images of his hilariously twisted vision of the world -- and has squeezed as much art as possible from Hollywood's commercial funds. "Brazil" is perhaps the most successful work of either artist. "8:49 p.m., Somewhere in the Twentieth Century," wafts over a beautiful cloudscape as "Brazil" opens.