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From: lo@harvard.UUCP (Bert S.F. Lo)
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Subject: Re: A BRAZIL question (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER)
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 12:48:17 EST
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In article <10700133@uiucdcs>, mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
> My question, for everyone who saw BRAZIL: was that a happy or a sad ending?
> I haven't made up my mind yet.
> 
> Scott McEwan
> {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan

It depends how you thought the movie ended and what you think a happy ending is

How it ended :
1) The pain of having his hand pierced exceeds the threshold and Sam's mind
   snaps. He will be a vegetable for "life".
2) He just dreams for the duration of the pain. He will be tortured again.

When I watched Brazil, I got the impression that he was a vegetable for "life".
I think I made this assumption because that's where the movie ended. If in fact
it was only a temporary dream, that means that the movie simply stopped and I
hate when that happens.

At any rate, if he was a vegetable, then he wouldn't have to "live" in that
horrible world anymore. I guess you could call that happy; I wouldn't. If he
was only dreaming, then he will be tortured again and experience it. I guess
you could call that sad. The movie was so cartoon-like, though, that asking
if it had a happy or sad ending would be equivalent to asking if "Bugs Bunny
Meets The Tasmanian Devil" had a happy or sad ending.

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