Originally Posted by
fernandito
Brazil is one of my all time favorite films, but I don't think it merits advancing as a comedy..
I would have liked to see it go directly head to head with
Dr. Strangelove. I suppose it would not have had much chance, but I wonder if that's just because Sellers and Kubrick did such a good job of showing how funny people can act when they're trying to stop each other from blowing everything to hell, or just because big bombs are inherently funnier as a concept than turning everything into hell right here by strangling each other with cold disdain. I mean, you have to admit that sadistic control beneath make up is a pretty popular form of amusement.