Most Gilliam fans probably read this at one point or other, but Terry Gilliam claims that he never read 1984 until after he filmmade Brazil. Of course, he also says that he lies in every interview. And one can't deny the Big Brother overtones in the film. But that adds interesting insight into Brazil.
Also, I think any fan of Brazil might enjoy the 1991 Steven Soderbergh film Kafka. Filmed in Black and White (with colorization for one scene) in Prague, it features Jeremy Irons as Kafka, an insurance salesman. From Brazil, Ian Holm appears as the antagonist. It mixes elements of Kafka's writings and his life to tell the story of bureaucracy gone wrong. The cinematography is beautiful. The movie is out of print (as many great films are and remain to be) but any video store should carry it.
Not only should former MassLinux customers take legal action against anyone who involved themselves with the MassLinux server but they need tar and feather action taken against them as well. Not only that, all former customers should march down to MassLinux's headquarters and burn the building down (who cares if their data is lost, it will certainly prove the point!)
Seriously, this is obviously a bureaucratic mistake that's consequences affect a bunch of computer geeks. These are sysadmins who took the only LOGICAL way out, not public relations people.
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Also, I think any fan of Brazil might enjoy the 1991 Steven Soderbergh film Kafka. Filmed in Black and White (with colorization for one scene) in Prague, it features Jeremy Irons as Kafka, an insurance salesman. From Brazil, Ian Holm appears as the antagonist. It mixes elements of Kafka's writings and his life to tell the story of bureaucracy gone wrong. The cinematography is beautiful. The movie is out of print (as many great films are and remain to be) but any video store should carry it.
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Not only should former MassLinux customers take legal action against anyone who involved themselves with the MassLinux server but they need tar and feather action taken against them as well. Not only that, all former customers should march down to MassLinux's headquarters and burn the building down (who cares if their data is lost, it will certainly prove the point!)
Seriously, this is obviously a bureaucratic mistake that's consequences affect a bunch of computer geeks. These are sysadmins who took the only LOGICAL way out, not public relations people.