BRAZIL (1985)
Wed, Feb 25
|Epsilon Spires
OUR RETRO-FUTURISM NOIR SERIES CONTINUES! One man’s attempt to dream, to love, and to live freely becomes an act of cosmic rebellion. Terry Gilliam's anti-totalitarian masterpiece combines dystopian Orwellian despair with Monty Python absurdity. Popcorn and Piña Colada Included!
Time & Location
Feb 25, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
RETRO-FUTURISM FILM NOIR SERIES! Before each screening will be a raffle to win a $25 gift certificate to Verdigris Antiques! Doors 6:30pm. Film 7:00. Popcorn Included! Please bring cash for the bar.
“Our baby, BRAZIL, is now 40 years old. It left home long ago. I’m glad to see it has grown with age. So many governments are now trying to imitate it.” -Director, Terry Gilliam
BRAZIL: Director's Cut (2 hours, 12 mins, 1985) In the dystopian masterpiece BRAZIL, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming everyman who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam—one of the great films of the 1980s—has come to be esteemed alongside anti-totalitarian works by the likes of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, and Kurt Vonnegut. In terms of set design, cinematography, music, and effects, BRAZIL is a nonstop dazzler.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM:
“MONTY PYTHON MEETS GEORGE ORWELL, and it’s…