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From: verner@inuxh.UUCP (Matt Verner)
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Subject: Re: Brazil and what happens at its end (SPOILER on next page!)
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Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 12:19:11 EST
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>
> SPOILER concerning ending follows:
> 
> 
> The ending is definitely HAPPY.  Here's why.  Despite the fact that the hero 
> has become (according to "our" reality) a vegetable, acording to his 
> reality, he has conquered his problems and achieved his goals.
> 
> Similarly, when he finally beds down with his "dream-woman," she suddenly
> appears with the long hair of the woman of his dreams.  Is it one of 
> his mother's wigs (she probably had many) or is it "real?"  It doesn't
> matter, for, to him, she has the long hair.  Hence, he has won all his 
> battles (the imagined ones were very real to him, no?) and is eternally
> happy.
> 
> Flame me over!
> 
> 				     Chairs,
> 				      Tim Snyder

Hmm, I guess that is one way to look at it.  I tend to think it was a
sad ending simply because it does not leave any hope for the _others_
in the movie.  Sure, Sam may be happy in his little dream land, but all
the other characters, including Jill, are still stuck in a manic, opressive
society.

The movie is so full of interesting contrasts that I think this is another
example of contrast being used to make a point.

At any rate, the movie can be viewed in so many different ways, I cant
wait to go back and have another look see!


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