Brazil is a kindred spirit to George Orwell’s 1984, though shot through with Gilliam’s madcap wit and surreal imagery. Despite the studio’s best efforts to leave the film with a tacked-on happy ending, Gilliam fought hard to restore his original vision and bring it back in line with Orwell’s masterpiece. Jonathon Pryce’s idyll is revealed to us as nothing more than a sham – he is still there, captured, coerced, brainwashed by the system. Just as with Twelve Monkeys, the inconsistencies in Gilliam’s chaos are eased by the presence of a memorable conclusion.